babushka

English

Etymology

Wikipedia

From Russian бабушка (bábuška, “grandmother, granny”), diminutive of баба (bába, “old woman”).

Alternative forms

• babooshka
• baboushka

Noun

babushka (plural babushkas)

1. An old woman
2. A woman’s headscarf, tied under the chin (this sense does not occur in Russian)

Translations

an old woman

Russian: бабушка (ru) (bábuška)) f., старуха (ru) (starúxa) f., старушка (ru) (starúška) f.

woman’s headscarf tied under the chin

Icelandic: skýla f., skýluklútur m., skýlyklútur bundinn undir höku m.

Russian: платок (ru) (platók) m., шаль (ru) (šal’) f., косынка (ru) (kosýnka) f.