баба

• буба (buba) — Antsrosu, Bukhnada, Mukratl, Tash, Tlesserukh, Zakatala
• бабу (babu) — Tomur, Upper Karakh
• бава (bawa) — Gimry

From Proto-Avaro-Andian *bab.

баба • (baba) class 2 (ergative бабаца, genitive бабал)

1. mother; mom, mum

   Synonym: эбел (ebel)

From Proto-Slavic *baba.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaba]

ба́ба • (bába) f pers (genitive ба́бы, nominative plural ба́бы, genitive plural баб)

1. grandmother, granny, old woman
2. (historical) (any) woman; countrywoman

   не ме́ла ба́ба кло́пату (дык) купі́ла ба́ба парася́ ― nje mjéla bába klópatu (dyk) kupíla bába parasjá ― the woman had no trouble but the woman has bought a piglet

3. (colloquial, slang, derogatory) woman, female, broad

ба́ба • (bába) f inan (genitive ба́бы, nominative plural ба́бы, genitive plural баб)

1. pile block

• “баба” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

From Proto-Slavic *baba.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbabɐ]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -abɐ
• Hyphenation^(key): ба‧ба

ба́ба • (bába) f

1. grandmother, grandma, granny, gran
2. old woman, goody, granny
3. mother-in-law (one’s wife’s mother)
4. midwife, wise woman
5. wise woman, sorceress, witch
6. woman, weakling, milksop, mollycoddle, molly, old maid
7. monkey

• “баба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “баба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

баба • (baba)

1. bread

баба • (baba)

1. ancestor

баба (baba)

1. bread

Borrowed from Russian баба (baba). Doublet of баб (bab).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaba/, [ˈbäbä]
• Rhymes: -aba
• Hyphenation: ба‧ба

баба • (baba)

1. old woman
2. wife, wifey

• Bubrikh, Dmitry V. (1949), Грамматика литературного коми языка [Grammar of the literary Komi language] (in Russian), Leningrad: Zhdanov Leningrad State University, page 37
• L. M. Beznosikova; E. A. Ajbabina; R. I. Kosnyreva (2000), Коми-русский словарь [Komi-Russian dictionary], →ISBN, page 31

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baba.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaba]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ба‧ба

баба • (baba) f (plural баби, relational adjective бабин or бапски, diminutive бабичка or бабиче or бабуле, augmentative бабиште or бабетина)

1. grandmother, grandma, granny, gran
2. old woman, goody, granny
3. mother-in-law (one’s wife’s mother)
4. midwife
5. (in the singular) the last three days of March
6. (historical) (any) woman; countrywoman
7. (derogatory) milksop, weakling, old woman (weak man)

• “баба” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بابا (baba) (Turkish baba).

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaba]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ба‧ба

баба • (baba) m (uncountable)

1. father, dad (used by Muslim Macedonians)

   Synonym: татко (tatko)

• “баба” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Ultimately from nursery language.

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.ba/

баба • (baba)

1. paternal grandmother

• (Glagolitic): ⰱⰰⰱⰰ (baba)

From Proto-Slavic *baba.

баба • (baba) f

1. grandmother
2. midwife
3. wet nurse

From Proto-Slavic *baba.

баба (baba) f

1. married woman
2. midwife
3. fortune teller, hex
4. (in the plural) women

• Russian: ба́ба (bába)
• Ukrainian: ба́ба (bába)

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893), “баба”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 35

Inherited from Old Slovak baba, from Proto-Slavic *baba.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaba]
• Rhymes: -aba
• Hyphenation: ба‧ба

баба (baba) f (diminutive бабочка, augmentative бабиска, related adjective бабов or бабовски)

1. grandmother

   Synonym: стара мац (stara mac, literally “old mother”)

   Coordinate term: дїдо (djido)

2. old woman
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• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “баба”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M.; Šlemender, M.; Čelʹovski, S. (2022), “grandmother”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 128

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baba.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbabə]

• Audio:

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• Audio (Saint Petersburg):

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ба́ба • (bába) f anim or f inan (genitive ба́бы, nominative plural ба́бы, genitive plural баб, relational adjective ба́бий or ба́бский, possessive ба́бин, diminutive бабёнка or бабе́ц or бабе́нция, augmentative ба́бища or баби́ща, pejorative ба́бка or бабёшка, pejorative collective бабьё)

1. (childish) grandma, granny (short for ба́бушка (bábuška))

   Ма́ма, а где ба́ба? ― Máma, a gde bába? ― Mom, where’s grandma?

2. (informal or archaic) old woman (short for ба́бушка (bábuška))

   Жи́ли-бы́ли дед да ба́ба. ― Žíli-býli ded da bába. ― There once lived an old man and his old woman.

3. (historical) (any) woman; countrywoman
4. (colloquial, slang, derogatory) woman, female, broad; countrywoman

   Кто э́та ба́ба? ― Kto éta bába? ― Who's that broad?

   Все ба́бы — ду́ры; все мужики́ — сво́лочи (contemporary Russian saying)

   Vse báby — dúry; vse mužikí — svóloči

   "all women are idiots; all men are bastards"

5. (obsolete) peasant’s wife, peasant woman
6. (derogatory) milksop, old woman (weak man)
7. (technical) ram (of a pile driver)
8. (technical) drop weight
9. (cooking) baba (tall, cylindrical cake), bundt cake, Gugelhupf

   ро́мовая ба́ба ― rómovaja bába ― rum baba, rum cake

10. in expressions

    сне́жная ба́ба ― snéžnaja bába ― snowman

    ка́менная ба́ба ― kámennaja bába ― primitive stone statue

• оба́биться pf (obábitʹsja)

Proverbs

• ба́ба с во́зу — кобы́ле ле́гче (bába s vózu — kobýle léxče)
• ба́ба ска́чет то за́дом, то пе́редом, а дела́ иду́т свои́м че́редом (bába skáčet to zádom, to péredom, a delá idút svoím čéredom)

• ба́бушка (bábuška), ба́бка (bábka)
• Ба́ба-Яга́ (Bába-Jagá), Ба́бий Яр (Bábij Jar)
• бабу́ся (babúsja), бабу́ля (babúlja), ба́бка (bábka), ба́бник (bábnik), ба́бство (bábstvo)
• ба́бки (bábki), бабло́ (babló), бабло́сы (bablósy), бабо́сы (babósy)

• → Ingrian: baaba
• → Komi-Zyrian: баб (bab), баба (baba)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baba.

• IPA^(key): /bâba/
• Hyphenation: ба‧ба

ба̏ба f (Latin spelling bȁba)

1. grandmother
2. granny, grandma
3. (usually derogatory) old woman, hag
4. (derogatory) female person

• (grandmother; grandma): ба́ка, нена

• “баба”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

From Proto-Turkic.

баба • (baba)

1. ancestor
2. father

• Comparative and historical grammar of Turkic languages. Lexicon, 2001, in Russian, 654 pages.

• бава (bava) — Nij

For the development of в (v) in the Nij dialect see абазакӏ (abazaḳ).

баба • (baba) (Vartashen)

1. father

• Gukasjan, Vorošil (1974), “баба”, in Удинско-азербайджанско-русский словарь [Udi–Azerbaijani–Russian Dictionary]‎^[2], Baku: Academy Press, page 65

From Proto-Slavic *baba.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbabɐ]

• Audio:

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ба́ба • (bába) f pers (genitive ба́би, nominative plural баби́, genitive plural баб or бабі́в, relational adjective ба́бський or ба́б'ячий, augmentative баби́ще)

1. grandmother, granny, old woman (in some cases maternal grandmother only)
2. a fortune teller or witch, practising the art of віск зливати (visk zlyvaty, “wax pouring”)
3. (historical) (any) woman; countrywoman

   не ма́ла ба́ба кло́поту та купи́ла ба́ба порося́ ― ne mála bába klópotu ta kupýla bába porosjá ― the woman had no trouble but the woman has bought a piglet

4. (colloquial, slang, derogatory) woman, female, broad

• бабу́ся f pers (babúsja)

ба́ба • (bába) f inan (genitive ба́би, nominative plural баби́, genitive plural баб)

1. baba, babka (a special, delicate ritual bread that is blessed by a priest at Easter)

   Synonym: ба́бка (bábka)

2. baba (a name given to сніп (snip) at Christmas, a sheaf of grain (wheat or rye), brought into the home for Christmas Eve supper свята́ вече́ря (svjatá večérja), placed in a corner of the room and later fed to livestock or cattle)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “баба”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “баба”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “баба”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)

баба • (baba)

1. father