bubbe

[ buhb-ee, boo-bee, buhb-uh, boo-buh ]

nounYiddish.
  1. (used as a title or term of address) grandmother.

Origin of bubbe

1
First recorded in 1895–1900; from Yiddish bobe, from Polish baba
  • Also called bub·bie, bubby, bu·be .

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