babka

See also: babką and bábka

English

Etymology

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Noun

babka (plural babkas)

1. A Central and Eastern European coffee cake flavored with orange rind, rum, almonds, and raisins

Translations

coffee cake

• Finnish: baba (fi)
• French: babka (fr) m
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• Polish: babka (pl) f
• Yiddish: באַבקע f (babke)

Anagrams

• kabab

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbapka]
• Rhymes: -apka

Noun

babka f

1. (informal) old woman

   Synonym: → stařena

2. mushroom Xerocomellus chrysenteron

   Synonym: hřib žlutomasý

Related terms

• baba
• sýkora babka
• za babku

Further reading

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Lower Sorbian

Etymology

baba +‎ -ka

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbapka]

Noun

babka f ?

1. diminutive of baba
2. midwife

Declension

Declension of babka

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	babka	babce	babki
Genitive	babki	babkowu	babkow
Dative	babce	babkoma	babkam
Accusative	babku	babce	babki
Instrumental	babku	babkoma	babkami
Locative	babce	babkoma	babkach

References

• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “babka”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

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Polish

babka (#1)

Etymology

baba +‎ -ka

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbap.ka/

• Audio:

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Noun

babka f (diminutive babeczka)

1. a type of cake
2. (formal) grandmother
3. (colloquial) woman
4. diminutive of baba
5. plantain (any plant of the genus Plantago)

Declension

Declension of babka

	singular	plural
nominative	babka	babki
genitive	babki	babek
dative	babce	babkom
accusative	babkę	babki
instrumental	babką	babkami
locative	babce	babkach
vocative	babko	babki

See also

• babcia

Further reading

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