babaroga

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /babarǒːɡa/

Noun

babaróga m anim or m inan (Cyrillic spelling бабаро́га)

  1. (animate) bogeyman (fictional monster that scares children), typically in the form of an old hag or witch with a single horn in her forehead
  2. (inanimate) bogeyman (make-believe threat)

Further reading

  • “babaroga”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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