Main Entry:

ba·bush·ka

Pronunciation:

\bə-ˈbüsh-kə, -ˈbu̇sh-, ba-\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Russian, grandmother, diminutive of baba old woman

Date:

1938

1 a: a usually triangularly folded kerchief for the head b: a head covering (as a scarf) resembling a babushka2: an elderly Russian woman

[babushka illustration]