babka
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
From a Slavic language likely via Yiddish באַבקע (babke). Compare baba (“rum soaked cake”).
=== Pronunciation ===
(US) IPA(key): /ˈbɑb.kə/
=== Noun ===
babka (plural babkas)
A Central and Eastern European coffee cake flavored with orange rind, rum, almonds, and raisins; or with some single flavoring, e.g. chocolate, lemon, etc.
==== Translations ====
=== Anagrams ===
kabab, Kabba
== Czech ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈbapka]
Rhymes: -apka
=== Noun ===
babka f
(informal) old woman
Synonym: stařena
mushroom of species Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Synonym: hřib žlutomasý
==== Declension ====
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“babka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
“babka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
“babka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026
== Indonesian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from English babka, most likely from Yiddish באַבקע (babke), from Slavic.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈbap.ka/
Rhymes: -ka, -a
Hyphenation: bab‧ka
=== Noun ===
babka (plural babka-babka)
(cooking) babka: a Central and Eastern European coffee cake flavored with orange rind, rum, almonds, and raisins
=== Further reading ===
“babka”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
== Ingrian ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
Borrowed from Russian бабка (babka).
==== Pronunciation ====
(Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈbɑbkɑ/, [ˈbɑbk]
(Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈbɑbkɑ/, [ˈpɑpkɑ]
Rhymes: -ɑbk, -ɑbkɑ
Hyphenation: bab‧ka
Homophone: papka
==== Noun ====
babka
synonym of poohan (“pastern”)
synonym of papu (“knucklebones”)
===== Declension =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
Borrowed from Russian бабка (babka).
==== Pronunciation ====
(Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈbɑbkɑ/, [ˈbɑbk]
(Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈbɑbkɑ/, [ˈpɑpkɑ]
Rhymes: -ɑbk, -ɑbkɑ
Hyphenation: bab‧ka
Homophone: papka
==== Noun ====
babka
synonym of ämmä (“midwife”)
===== Declension =====
=== References ===
Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 383
Arvo Laanest (1978), Isuri keele ajalooline foneetika ja morfoloogia [The historical phonology and morphology of the Ingrian language][2], Tallinn, page 25
== Lower Sorbian ==
=== Etymology ===
baba + -ka.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈbap.ka/
Rhymes: -apka
Syllabification: bab‧ka
=== Noun ===
babka f
diminutive of baba (“midwife, old woman, woman”)
midwife
==== Declension ====
=== Noun ===
babka f
diminutive of baba (“sponge cake”)
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “babka”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
Starosta, Manfred (1999), “babka”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
== Old Czech ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈbabka/
IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈbapka/
=== Noun ===
babka f
diminutive of bába (“grandma, parent's mother”)
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “babka”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
== Old Polish ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *babъka. By surface analysis, baba + -ka. First attested in the second half of the 14th century.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ba(ː)pka/
IPA(key): (15th CE) /bapka/, /bɒpka/
=== Noun ===
babka f
(attested in Greater Poland) diminutive of baba (“grandma, parent's mother”)
(attested in Lesser Poland) diminutive of baba (“midwife”)
(attested in Greater Poland, in the plural, astronomy) diminutive of baba (“Pleiades”)
plantain; greater plantain (Plantago major)
ribwort plantain (Plantago lanceolata)
hoary plantain, Plantago media
(attested in Greater Poland, Southern Borderlands) The meaning of this term is uncertain.
==== Descendants ====
Polish: babka
Silesian: babka
=== References ===
B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “babka”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Ewa Deptuchowa, Mariusz Frodyma, Katarzyna Jasińska, Magdalena Klapper, Dorota Kołodziej, Mariusz Leńczuk, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, editors (2023), “babka”, in Rozariusze z polskimi glosami. Internetowa baza danych [Dictionaries of Polish glosses, an Internet database] (in Polish), Kraków: Pracownia Języka Staropolskiego Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Ewa Deptuchowa, Mariusz Frodyma, Katarzyna Jasińska, Magdalena Klapper, Dorota Kołodziej, Mariusz Leńczuk, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, editors (2023), “babki”, in Rozariusze z polskimi glosami. Internetowa baza danych [Dictionaries of Polish glosses, an Internet database] (in Polish), Kraków: Pracownia Języka Staropolskiego Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk
== Polish ==
=== Alternative forms ===
bábka (Biecz, Lasovia)
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Old Polish babka. By surface analysis, baba + -ka.
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -apka
Syllabification: bab‧ka
Homophone: Babka
=== Noun ===
babka f (diminutive babeczka)
diminutive of baba
grandmother
Synonyms: baba, babcia, babunia
(colloquial) woman
Synonyms: babeczka, kobieta
(historical) medicine woman
babka (type of cake)
sandcastle
plantain (any plant of the genus Plantago)
goby (any of various small fish from the large family Gobiidae)
(Przemyśl) particular part of a furnace/oven
(Przemyśl) woman's companion assistant
(obsolete or dialectal, Kielce, Lasovia) diminutive of baba (“beggar”)
(obsolete, agriculture) mound of several sheaves of grain placed in a field
(obsolete) type of edible mushroom
(obsolete, mining) stone closing the entrance to the mine
(obsolete, forging) stone used to close a blast furnace acting as a furnace door
(obsolete, engineering) hammer with the same head on both sides
(obsolete, forging) anvil for bending padlock shackles
(obsolete, forging) small anvil used for tapping a scythe
(obsolete) dragonfly
Synonym: ważka
(obsolete) small cannon
Synonym: armatka
(obsolete) type of old, small Polish currency
(obsolete) die used in a particular children's game
(Middle Polish or dialectal, Biecz, Przemyśl) midwife
Synonym: akuszerka
(Middle Polish) blind man's buff
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
babka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
babka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “babka”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
Paweł Kupiszewski (19.12.2018), “BABKA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “babka”, in Słownik języka polskiego
Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “babka”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “babka”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 78
babka in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
Aleksander Saloni (1899), “babka”, in “Lud wiejski w okolicy Przeworska”, in M. Arct, E. Lubowski, editors, Wisła : miesięcznik gieograficzno-etnograficzny[8] (in Polish), volume 13, Warsaw: Artur Gruszecki, page 236
Aleksander Saloni (1908), “babka”, in “Lud rzeszowski”, in Materyały Antropologiczno-Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne[9] (in Polish), volume 10, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 332
Jan Łoś (1886), “babka”, in “Gwara opoczyńska. Studium dialektologiczne”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (1), volume 11, page 182
Roman Zawiliński (1880), “babka”, in “Gwara brzezińska w pow. ropczyckim”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (I)[10] (in Polish), volume 8, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 226
Szymon Matusiak (1880), “babka”, in “Gwara lasowska w okolicy Tarnobrzega, studyjum dyjalektologiczne”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (I) (in Polish), volume 8, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 170
== Silesian ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Old Polish ka. By surface analysis, baba + -ka.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈbap.ka/
Rhymes: -apka
Syllabification: bab‧ka
=== Noun ===
babka f
diminutive of baba
common woodlouse, Porcellio scaber
(forging) small anvil for striking a scythe or a sickle
Synonym: baba
village midwife
Synonym: babica
babka (type of cake)
common pear, (Pyrus communis)
Synonym: baba
(agriculture) last sheaf gathered during a harvest
blind man's buff
=== Further reading ===
babka in silling.org
Bogdan Kallus (2020), “babka”, in Słownik Gōrnoślōnskij Gŏdki, IV edition, Chorzów: Pro Loquela Silesiana, →ISBN, page 234
Henryk Jaroszewicz (2022), “babka”, in Zasady pisowni języka śląskiego (in Polish), Siedlce: Wydawnictwo Naukowe IKR[i]BL, page 62
Aleksandra Wencel (2023), “babka”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski, page 32