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[ bah-buh; French ba-ba ] / ˈbɑ bə; French baˈba /
noun, plural ba·bas [bah-buhz; French ba-ba]. /ˈbɑ bəz; French baˈba/. a spongelike cake leavened with yeast and often containing raisins, baked in a small mold and then usually soaked with a rum syrup. Origin of baba1820–30; <French <Polish: literally, old woman, peasant woman; the cake was introduced into France by the court of the exiled Polish king Stanislaus I Words nearby bababaas, baaskap, Baastrup's sign, Baath, Bāb, baba, baba au rhum, babaco, baba gannouj, baba ganoush, baba ghanouj Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for baba“Maidan is distinctly separate from the current government,” says Baba, a rail-thin man with a long beard who looks like a monk. Ukraine’s Vigilante Peacemakers|James Kirchick|May 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST “There is no real chain of command in the army,” Baba tells me. Ukraine’s Vigilante Peacemakers|James Kirchick|May 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST “So-called state leaders are not interested in the state,” Baba says. Ukraine’s Vigilante Peacemakers|James Kirchick|May 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST She won’t eat, and every night she cries out in her dreams: ‘baba jan (father), baba jan, protect me. Afghanistan’s Rape Crisis: Villagers Fear U.S.-Backed Militias|Sami Yousafzai, Ron Moreau|May 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The trilogy follows Kate and Baba, two lasses from the Shannon bogs, from convent school to the bright lights of London. The 12 Best Irish Novels for St. Patrick’s Day|Allen Barra|March 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST Baba is baked in a large mould and cut in slices, or in individual cylindrical or baba moulds. Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties|Janet McKenzie Hill Just at this moment Baba tripped over some small object on the ground. Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson Then Baba Mustapha revived in briskness, and cried, 'Here the dish! The Shaving of Shagpat, Complete|George Meredith I will get to papa and baba in the other world, whatever he may say!' There stood a hut, and in it sat weaving the Baba Yaga, the Bony-shanks. Russian Fairy Tales|W. R. S. Ralston
British Dictionary definitions for baba/ (ˈbɑːbɑː, French baba) /
nouna small cake of leavened dough, sometimes mixed with currants and usually soaked in rum (rum baba) Word Origin for babaC19: from French, from Polish, literally: old woman Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |