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babă¹

  • /ˈba.bə/

Rhymes with -abə

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic баба (baba), from Proto-Slavic *baba (“old woman”).

noun babe · babă · baba · babele

  1. feminine old woman

    Similar: bătrână, vârstnică

  2. feminine, regional grandmother
  3. feminine, regional midwife
  4. feminine coward

Babă²

Where it comes from

From babă.

proper noun lui Babă

  1. masculine a surname

In English

  • granny colloquial: an elderly woman
  • hag witch, sorceress, enchantress
  • old woman elderly woman
  • biddy a woman, especially an old woman; especially one regarded as fussy or mean or a
  • crone old woman

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"babă." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/bab%C4%83. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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babă. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/bab%C4%83

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"babă." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/bab%C4%83.

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@misc{baba_2026,
  title = {babă},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/bab%C4%83},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}