babushka

[ buh-boosh-kuh, -boosh- ]
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noun
  1. a woman's scarf, often triangular, used as a hood with two of the ends tied under the chin.

  2. an elderly Russian woman, especially an elderly grandmother.

Origin of babushka

1
First recorded in 1935–40; from Russian bábushka “grandmother,” from báb(a) baba1 + -ushka, diminutive suffix

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babushka

/ (bəˈbuːʃkə) /


noun
  1. a headscarf tied under the chin, worn by Russian peasant women

  2. (in Russia) an old woman

Origin of babushka

1
Russian: grandmother, from baba old woman

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