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Baba Yaga

Syllables: Ba·ba Ya·ga/ˌbɑːbə ˈjɑːɡə/

Baba Yaga proper noun: in Russian, Finno-Ugric, Polish and Bulgarian tales, a character who lives in a hut standing on chicken legs and who flies through the air in a mortar, using the pestle as a rudder.

baba yaga: in Russian, Finno-Ugric, Polish and Bulgarian tales, a character who lives in a hut standing on...
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Proper noun

Baba Yaga or the Baba Yaga

  1. (Slavic mythology) In Russian, Finno-Ugric, Polish and Bulgarian tales, a character who lives in a hut standing on chicken legs and who flies through the air in a mortar, using the pestle as a rudder.
    • [L]ooking like the hut, minus the fat chicken legs, of Baba Yaga, the old witch with iron teeth and an appetite for a human supper.2020, Ben Creed, City of Ghosts, London: Welbeck Publishing, →ISBN, page 143
    • But elbow injuries are the Baba Yaga for pitchers, an ever-present danger.2023 April 7, Nick Groke, C. Trent Rosecrans, “Analyzing MLB [Major League Baseball]’s most cumbersome contracts — and trying to find a way out for each team”, in The Athletic, New York, N.Y.: The...

Baba Yaga meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Arabic

Baba Yaga in Hindi

character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar
बाबा यागा bābā yāgā

Baba Yaga in Marathi

character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar
बाबा यागा bābā yāgā

Baba Yaga in Urdu

character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar
بابا یاگا bābā yāgā

Baba Yaga in Arabic

character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar
بَابَا يَاجَا bābā yāgā, بَابَا يَاغَا bābā yāgā
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Baba Yaga in Persian
بابا یاگا bâbâ yâgâ
Baba Yaga in Vietnamese
Baba-Yaga

Forms of Baba Yaga

alternative formBaba Iaga
alternative formBaba-Iaga
alternative formBaba Jaga

Origin of Baba Yaga

Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *baba ęga (literally “hag of terror”), probably through Russian Ба́ба-Яга́ (Bába-Jagá).

Words that rhyme with Baba Yaga

Questions about Baba Yaga

What does Baba Yaga mean?
Baba Yaga means in Russian, Finno-Ugric, Polish and Bulgarian tales, a character who lives in a hut standing on chicken legs and who flies through the air in a mortar, using the pestle as a rudder.
What is Baba Yaga in Hindi?
Baba Yaga in Hindi is बाबा यागा (bābā yāgā). See Baba Yaga meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Baba Yaga?
Baba Yaga is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Baba Yaga?
Baba Yaga is pronounced /ˌbɑːbə ˈjɑːɡə/.

Words near Baba Yaga in the dictionary

  1. baba ghanouj
  2. baba ghanoush
  3. Baba Iaga
  4. Baba Jaga
  5. Baba Sheikh
  6. Baba Yaga
  7. Baba-Iaga
  8. bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk
  9. bababooey
  10. bababudanite
  11. babaco

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