babulya
babulya noun: an Eastern European (especially Russian) grandmother.
Noun
babulya (plural babulyas)
- An Eastern European (especially Russian) grandmother.
- When Channing was a toddler, living outside Moscow, her babulya had sewn fresh pine shavings into scraps of army canvas, and placed them underneath the child’s pillow.2011 fall, Zana Previti, “Questions of Travel”, in Kate Gale, editor, The Los Angeles Review, volume 10, [Pasadena, Calif.]: Red Hen Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 184
- The rest of her body was cold, as if she’d died with her babulya, the last person on earth who had really loved her.2012, Kim Purcell, chapter 50, in Trafficked, New York, N.Y.: Viking, →ISBN, page 338
Synonyms of babulya
Forms of babulya
| plural | babulyas |
|---|---|
| alternative form | babulia |
Origin of babulya
From Russian бабу́ля (babúlja).
Questions about babulya
- What does babulya mean?
- Babulya means an Eastern European (especially Russian) grandmother.
- What part of speech is babulya?
- Babulya is a noun.
- What is the plural of babulya?
- The plural of babulya is babulyas.
Words near babulya in the dictionary
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