- a headscarf tied under the chin, worn by Russian peasant women
- (in Russia) an old woman
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
ba•bush•ka /bəˈbʊʃkə, -ˈbuʃ-/USA pronunciation
n. [countable], pl. -kas.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Clothinga woman's head scarf, shaped or folded in a triangle and worn with two ends tied under the chin.
ba•bush•ka
(bə bŏŏsh′kə, -bo̅o̅sh′-),USA pronunciation n.
- Clothinga woman's scarf, often triangular, used as a hood with two of the ends tied under the chin.
- an elderly Russian woman, esp. an elderly grandmother.
- Russian bábushka grandmother, equivalent. to báb(a) old woman + -ushka diminutive suffix
- 1935–40
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babushka /bəˈbuːʃkə/ n