Baba Yaga
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Baba Yaga
- /ˌbɑːbə ˈjɑːɡə/
Rhymes with -ɑːɡə
Where it comes from
Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *baba ęga (literally “hag of terror”), probably through Russian Ба́ба-Яга́ (Bába-Jagá).
proper noun Baba Yaga · the Baba Yaga · Baba Iaga · Baba-Iaga · Baba Jaga
- 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.
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name character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar
| Español | Baba Yaga, Baba Yagá |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 바바 야가 Baba Yaga |
| 日本語 | バーバ・ヤーガ Bāba Yāga |
| 中文 | 芭芭雅嘎 Bābā Yǎgā, 雅加婆婆 Yǎjiā Pópo, 巴巴亞加 /巴巴亚加 Bābā Yàjiā |
| हिन्दी | बाबा यागा bābā yāgā |
| Português | Baba Yaga, Baba Iaga |
| Français | Baba Yaga |
| Deutsch | Baba Jaga |
| Italiano | Baba Jaga |
| Ελληνικά | Μπάμπα Γιάγκα Bámpa Giágka |
| Română | Baba Iaga |
| Русский | Ба́ба-Яга́ Bába-Jagá, Ба́бка-Ёжка Bábka-Jóžka |
| Tiếng Việt | Baba-Yaga |
| العربية | بَابَا يَاجَا bābā yāgā, بَابَا يَاجَا bābā yājā, بَابَا يَاغَا bābā yāgā, بَابَا يَاغَا bābā yāḡā |
| עברית | בַּאבָּה יַאגָה Bába Yága, סַבְתָּא־אַשַּׁפְתָּא Sávta Asháfta |
Talk about this word "Baba Yaga." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/baba%20yaga. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. Baba Yaga. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/baba%20yaga "Baba Yaga." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/baba%20yaga.Cite this
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title = {Baba Yaga},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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