English

Noun

babka ‎(plural babkas)

1. An Eastern European coffee cake flavored with orange rind, rum, almonds, and raisins

Translations

Czech

Noun

babka f

1. (informal) old woman

Related terms

• baba
• sýkora babka
• za babku

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

baba +‎ -ka

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbapka]

Noun

babka f

1. diminutive of baba
2. midwife

Declension

References

• babka in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

Polish

babka (#3)

Etymology

baba +‎ -ka

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbap.ka/

Noun

babka f

1. (formal) grandmother
2. (colloquial) woman
3. a type of cake
4. (botany) plantain, a plant of the genus Plantago

Declension

See also

• babcia