babushka

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• UK: /bəˈbuːʃ.kə/
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• CMU ARPABET: B AH0 B UH1 SH K AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Russian ба́бушка (bábuška, “grandmother”), from Old East Slavic бабушка (babuška, “grandmother, midwife”). First attested in the 1830s.

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: baboesjka — an old woman
• Afrikaans: oumatjie — an old woman
• Bulgarian: баба (baba) — an old woman
• Chinese Mandarin: 老婆婆 (lǎopópo) — an old woman
• Esperanto: maljunulino — an old woman
• Esperanto: oldulino — an old woman
• Esperanto: maljuna virino — an old woman
• Estonian: vanaeit — an old woman
• Russian: ба́бушка (bábuška) — an old woman
• Russian: стару́ха (starúxa) — an old woman
• Russian: стару́шка (starúška) — an old woman
• Spanish: anciana — an old woman
• Spanish: viejita — an old woman
• Spanish: viejecita — an old woman
• Spanish: vieja — an old woman
• Spanish: señora mayor — an old woman
• Spanish: mujer vieja — an old woman
• Afrikaans: kopserp — woman’s headscarf tied under the chin
• Afrikaans: kopdoek — woman’s headscarf tied under the chin
• Esperanto: kaptuko — woman’s headscarf tied under the chin
• Esperanto: ŝalo — woman’s headscarf tied under the chin
• Esperanto: kapfulardo — woman’s headscarf tied under the chin
• Icelandic: skýla — woman’s headscarf tied under the chin
• Icelandic: skýluklútur — woman’s headscarf tied under the chin
• Icelandic: skýlyklútur bundinn undir höku — woman’s headscarf tied under the chin
• Polish: chusta — woman’s headscarf tied under the chin
• Romanian: batic — woman’s headscarf tied under the chin
• Russian: плато́к (platók) — woman’s headscarf tied under the chin
• Russian: шаль (šalʹ) — woman’s headscarf tied under the chin
• Russian: косы́нка (kosýnka) — woman’s headscarf tied under the chin
• Ukrainian: ху́стка (xústka) — woman’s headscarf tied under the chin