babushka

[ buh-boo sh-kuh, -boosh- ]

/ bəˈbʊʃ kə, -ˈbuʃ- /

a woman's scarf, often triangular, used as a hood with two of the ends tied under the chin.

an elderly Russian woman, especially an elderly grandmother.

Origin of babushka

1935–40; < Russian bábushka grandmother, equivalent to báb(a) old woman + -ushka diminutive suffix

babs, babson, babu, babul, babur, babushka, babuyan islands, baby, baby beef, baby bell, baby blue

“Take me back, Babushka,” I could hear his shaken voice imploring.

The Prairie Mother |Arthur Stringer
“I will pay you for it, babushka,” he said to the old woman.

Where Love Is There God Is Also |Lyof N. Tolstoi
She's called Matushkin, because my babushka is no babushka to her, but is her matushka.

The Old House and Other Tales |Feodor Sologub
Alexandra Ivanovna shuddered, and asked: "Babushka, at whom are you cawing?"

The Old House and Other Tales |Feodor Sologub

She moved closer to the old woman, and said affably: "Babushka Stepanida, there is something I have been wanting to ask you."

The Old House and Other Tales |Feodor Sologub

babushka

/ (bəˈbuːʃkə) /

a headscarf tied under the chin, worn by Russian peasant women

(in Russia) an old woman

Russian: grandmother, from baba old woman