babushka
babushka · babushkas · babushki
хустка
бабушка, старуха, старушка, платок
An Eastern European old womanAn Eastern European old woman.
/bəˈbuːʃ.kə/
Meaning
4 sensesAn Eastern European old woman.
ба́бушкаbábuška, стару́хаstarúxa, стару́шкаstarúška
An Eastern European old woman.
A Russian grandmother.
A traditional floral headscarf worn by an Eastern European woman, tied under the chin.
плато́кplatók, шальšalʹ, косы́нкаkosýnka
ху́сткаxústka
a woman's headscarf folded into a triangle and tied under the chin; worn by Russian peasant women
A Russian doll, a matryoshka.
Translations
4 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
woman’s headscarf tied under the chin:
Русский
By meaning 2
an old woman:
woman’s headscarf tied under the chin:
Origin
Borrowed from Russian ба́бушка (bábuška, “grandmother”), from Old East Slavic бабушка (babBorrowed from Russian ба́бушка (bábuška, “grandmother”), from Old East Slavic бабушка (babuška, “grandmother, midwife”). First attested in the 1830s.
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Forms
plural: babushkas / babushkiSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular