bába

== Czech == === Alternative forms === baba === Etymology === Inherited from Old Czech bába, baba, from Proto-Slavic *baba. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈbaːba] Hyphenation: bá‧ba Rhymes: -aːba === Noun === bába f (derogatory) an old woman, a crone (dated or derogatory) grandmother ==== Usage notes ==== Bába is a much less offensive word than baba. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “bába”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “bába”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 == Hungarian == === Etymology === From Proto-Slavic *baba. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈbaːbɒ] Hyphenation: bá‧ba Rhymes: -bɒ === Noun === bába (plural bábák) (folksy, dated) midwife Synonyms: szülésznő, madám Coordinate terms: szülész, dúla (dialectal) old woman Synonyms: öregasszony, vénasszony, anyóka (dialectal, chiefly in certain phrases) witch Synonyms: boszorkány, boszorka, banya ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === bába in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. bába in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024). == Kalasha == === Noun === bába sister == Old Czech == === Alternative forms === baba === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baba. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈbaːba/ IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈbaːba/ === Noun === bába f grandmother old woman midwife ==== Declension ==== ==== Coordinate terms ==== děd ==== Descendants ==== Czech: bába, baba === References === Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “bába”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění == Romani == === Noun === bába f old woman, grannie elderly witch wash-bába ― old witch of the forest