kind of plum cake, 1827, from French baba (19c.), said by French etymology dictionaries to be from Polish baba.

Russian: grandmother as spoken by children (in the same way as papa and mama for father and mother respectively). The full version is "babushka" Russian slang referring to a woman: c [..]

Any individual with a propensity for accidental self harm, generally these accidents contain a wildly humorous component. i.e. deadening ones own leg and attempting to walk around with a jelly leg

A farsi word meaning dad. It is commonly used before calling out another person's name as to say "hey" before their name is called.

baba is the ukranian word for grandma

"Baba" is the affectionate name given to the masseur in the YouTube video "World's Greatest Head Massage," filmed in Pushkar. It shows a man named Christian [..]

Baba- someone special, sounds like: Baby except with an a.

baba means father in many languages in others it means grandma or old woman

literally "old woman" in Polish, name for the doll made from the last sheaf of wheat from the fall harvest.

Afrikaans word for "baby."

Czech word for "grandmother."

Hungarian word for "midwife."

noun Definition: a rich cake soaked in a rum and sugar syrup Example Sentence: Our family eats baba at special festivals.

a French or Italian small sweet cake made from enriched yeast dough, often flavored with candied fruits and soaked with a rum or Kirschwasser syrup after baking. This dough is also used to make the la [..]

A rich rum or kirsch-soaked Polish yeast cake studded with currants or raisins. The traditional baba is baked in a tall cylindrical mold but the cake can be made in a variety of shapes and sizes; call [..]

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(BAH-bah) – Baba is called babka in Poland and Babas Au Rhum in France.  In French, the word baba meaning, “falling over or dizzy.”  These are small cakes made from yeast dough containing raisins or c [..]

a French or Italian small sweet cake made from enriched yeast dough, often flavored with candied fruits and soaked with a rum or Kirschwasser syrup after baking. This dough is also used to make the la [..]

(n) a small cake leavened with yeast

Taken from the English 'baby' but then applied in other expressions: 'baba log' for baby people and 'missy baba' for little miss. Implies simple but good.

Yeast sponge or bun

A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup. (esp. among people of East European ancestry) A grandmother. * '''1993''', Karen Dubinsky, ''Improper Advances: Rape and Heterosexual Conflict [..]