Associations to the word «Babushka»

Wiktionary

BABUSHKA, noun. An old woman.
BABUSHKA, noun. A woman’s headscarf, tied under the chin.
BABUSHKA, noun. Russian doll, matryoshka (mistranslation)

Dictionary definition

BABUSHKA, noun. A woman's headscarf folded into a triangle and tied under the chin; worn by Russian peasant women.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats