English
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *baba ęga (literally “hag of terror”), probably through Russian Ба́ба-Яга́ (Bába-Jagá).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌbɑːbə ˈjɑːɡə/, enPR: bä'bə yäʹgə
- Rhymes: -ɑːɡə
- Hyphenation: Ba‧ba Ya‧ga
Proper noun
Baba Yaga
- (Slavic mythology) 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.
2020, Ben Creed, City of Ghosts, London: Welbeck Publishing, →ISBN, page 143:[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.
Translations
character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar
- Arabic: بَابَا يَاجَا f (bābā yāgā), بَابَا يَاجَا f (bābā yājā), بَابَا يَاغَا f (bābā yāgā), بَابَا يَاغَا f (bābā yāḡā)
- Armenian: Բաբա Յագա (Baba Yaga)
- Azerbaijani: Küpəgirən qarı
- Belarusian: Ба́ба-Яга́ f (Bába-Jahá)
- Bulgarian: Ба́ба Я́га f (Bába Jága)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 芭芭雅嘎 (Bābā Yǎgā), 雅加婆婆 (Yǎjiā Pópo), 巴巴亞加 / 巴巴亚加 (Bābā Yàjiā)
- Czech: Ježibaba f, Baba Jaga f, Baba Rohu f
- Danish: Baba Yaga c
- Dutch: Baba Jaga f
- Finnish: Baba Jaga
- French: Baba Yaga (fr) f
- Georgian: ბაბა იაგა (baba iaga)
- German: Baba Jaga (de) f
- Greek: Μπάμπα Γιάγκα f (Bámpa Giágka)
- Hebrew: בַּאבָּה יַאגָה f (Bába Yága), סַבְתָּא־אַשַּׁפְתָּא f (Sávta Asháfta)
- Hindi: बाबा यागा f (bābā yāgā)
- Hungarian: vasorrú bába (hu), vasfogú bába, baba-jaga
- Italian: Baba Jaga f
- Japanese: バーバ・ヤーガ (Bāba Yāga)
- Korean: 바바 야가 (Baba Yaga)
- Latvian: Baba Jaga f
- Macedonian: Ба́ба Ро́га f (Bába Róga), Ба́ба Ја́га f (Bába Jága)
- Marathi: बाबा यागा f (bābā yāgā)
- Norwegian: Baba Jaga f
- Persian: بابا یاگا (bâbâ yâgâ)
- Polish: Baba Jaga (pl) f, Baba Jędza f, Baba Rogu f
- Portuguese: Baba Yaga f, Baba Iaga f
- Romanian: Baba Iaga f
- Russian: Ба́ба-Яга́ (ru) f (Bába-Jagá), (joking) Ба́бка-Ёжка f (Bábka-Jóžka)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Баба Јага f, Баба Рога f, Баба Зима f
- Roman: Baba Jaga f, Baba Roga f, Baba Zima f
- Slovak: Ježibaba f, Baba Jaga f
- Slovene: Jaga baba f
- Spanish: Baba Yaga f, Baba Yagá f
- Swedish: Baba-Jaga c
- Turkish: Baba Yaga, Yek (tr), Yeg, Yiğ
- Ukrainian: Ба́ба-Яга́ f (Bába-Jahá)
- Urdu: بابا یاگا f (bābā yāgā)
- Vietnamese: Baba-Yaga
- Yakut: Дьэгэ-Бааба (Jege-Baaba)
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Portuguese
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *baba ęga (literally “hag of terror”), probably through Russian Ба́ба-Яга́ (Bába-Jagá).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈba.bɐ ˈja.ɡɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈba.bɐ ˈja.ɡɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈba.ba ˈja.ɡa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈba.bɐ ˈja.ɡɐ/ [ˈba.βɐ ˈja.ɣɐ]
Proper noun
a Baba Yaga f
- (Slavic mythology) Baba Yaga
Spanish
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *baba ęga (literally “hag of terror”), probably through Russian Ба́ба-Яга́ (Bába-Jagá).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌbaba ʝaˈɡa/ [ˌba.β̞a ʝaˈɣ̞a]
- IPA(key): /ˌbaba ʝaˈɡa/ [ˌba.β̞a ʝaˈɣ̞a] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
- IPA(key): /ˌbaba ʃaˈɡa/ [ˌba.β̞a ʃaˈɣ̞a] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /ˌbaba ʒaˈɡa/ [ˌba.β̞a ʒaˈɣ̞a] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: Ba‧ba Ya‧ga
Proper noun
Baba Yaga f
- (Slavic mythology) Baba Yaga