babulya

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Russian бабу́ля (babúlja).

Noun

babulya (plural babulyas)

  1. (endearing) An Eastern European (especially Russian) grandmother.
    Synonyms: baba, babushka
    • 2011 fall, Zana Previti, “Questions of Travel”, in Kate Gale, editor, The Los Angeles Review, volume 10, [Pasadena, Calif.]: Red Hen Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 184:
      When Channing was a toddler, living outside Moscow, her babulya had sewn fresh pine shavings into scraps of army canvas, and placed them underneath the child’s pillow.
    • 2012, Kim Purcell, chapter 50, in Trafficked, New York, N.Y.: Viking, →ISBN, page 338:
      The rest of her body was cold, as if she’d died with her babulya, the last person on earth who had really loved her.
    • 2023 fall, Milana Kozlova, “The Other Side: An Opinion Piece”, in The Flash, volume 31, number 1, Rocklin, Calif.: Rocklin High School, page 31, column 2:
      My babulya (grandma) is 91 years old with Parkinson’s disease, but she still exercises as much as she can everyday[sic] and makes the most beautiful artwork.
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