babushka

== English == === Alternative forms === babooshka, baboushka === Etymology === Borrowed from Russian ба́бушка (bábuška, “grandmother”), from Old East Slavic бабушка (babuška, “grandmother, midwife”). First attested in the 1830s. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /bəˈbuːʃ.kə/ === Noun === babushka (plural babushkas or babushki) An Eastern European old woman. [from 1830s] Synonym: baba Coordinate term: dedushka A Russian grandmother. [from 1830s] Synonyms: baba, babulya (endearing) Coordinate term: dedushka (originally Northern US) A traditional floral headscarf worn by an Eastern European woman, tied under the chin. [from 1930s] A Russian doll, a matryoshka. [from 1940s] ==== Usage notes ==== Note that the Russian term ба́бушка (bábuška, “grandmother, old woman”) doesn't have the sense "Russian doll, matryoshka" or "woman’s headscarf". ==== Derived terms ==== babushka doll babushkaed ==== Related terms ==== babusya (a Ukrainian grandmother) babcia bubbe (possibly cognate) ==== Translations ==== === References === “babushka, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.