babushka
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Russian бабушка (bábuška, “grandmother, granny”), diminutive of баба (bába, “old woman”).
Pronunciation
Noun
babushka (plural babushkas)
- An old woman.
- A woman’s headscarf, tied under the chin.
- 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 78:
- The crowd falls silent, momentarily stunned, while a heavyset woman in a babushka pushes her way through, broadcasting the news […].
- 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 78:
- Russian doll, matryoshka (mistranslation)
Translations
an old woman
woman’s headscarf tied under the chin
matryoshka — see Russian doll