babushka

Pronunciation: /bəˈbuːʃ.kə/

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a woman's headscarf folded into a triangle and tied under the chin; worn by Russian peasant women

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ба́бушка (bábuška, “grandmother”), from Old East Slavic бабушка (babuška, “grandmother, midwife”). First attested in the 1830s.

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headscarf

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