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babka.

diminutive of baba

5 characters2 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbap.ka//ˈbap.ka/Middle, Polish/ˈbɒp.ka/Middle, Polish[ˈbap.ka]
  1. diminutive of baba

    diminutive · feminine · form-of
  2. grandmother

    feminine
  3. woman

    colloquial · feminine
  4. medicine woman

    feminine · historical
  5. babka (type of cake)

    feminine
  6. sandcastle

    feminine
  7. plantain (any plant of the genus Plantago)

    feminine
  8. goby (any of various small fish from the large family Gobiidae)

    feminine
  9. type of medicinal plant

    feminine
  10. particular part of a furnace/oven

    feminine
  11. woman's companion assistant

    feminine
  12. diminutive of baba (“beggar”)

    dialectal · diminutive · feminine · form-of · obsolete
  13. mound of several sheaves of grain placed in a field

    feminine · obsolete
  14. type of edible mushroom

    feminine · obsolete
  15. stone closing the entrance to the mine

    feminine · obsolete
  16. stone used to close a blast furnace acting as a furnace door

    feminine · obsolete
  17. hammer with the same head on both sides

    feminine · obsolete
  18. anvil for bending padlock shackles

    feminine · obsolete
  19. small anvil used for tapping a scythe

    feminine
  20. dragonfly

    feminine · obsolete
  21. small cannon

    feminine · obsolete
  22. type of old, small Polish currency

    feminine · obsolete
  23. die used in a particular children's game

    feminine · obsolete
  24. midwife

    Middle · Polish · dialectal · feminine
  25. blind man's buff

    Middle · Polish · feminine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀbāˀ Proto-Slavic *baba Proto-Indo-European *-keh₂der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kāˀ Proto-Slavic *-ъka Proto-Slavic *babъka Old Polish babka Polish babka Inherited from Old Polish babka. By surface analysis, baba + -ka.

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