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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

baba yaga

/ˌbɑːbə ˈjɑːɡə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.15 in modern English

Syllables
Ba-ba Ya-ga
IPA
/ˌbɑːbə ˈjɑːɡə/
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

In Russian, Finno-Ugric, Polish and Bulgarian tales, a character who lives in a hut standing on chicken legs and who flies through the air in a mortar, using the pestle as a rudder.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *baba ęga (literally “hag of terror”), probably through Russian Ба́ба-Яга́ (Bába-Jagá).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

the Baba Yaga (canonical) Baba Iaga (alternative) Baba-Iaga (alternative) Baba Jaga (alternative)

Rhymes With

saga maga naga raga agha quagga

Questions

How do you pronounce baba yaga?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌbɑːbə ˈjɑːɡə/.
What does baba yaga mean?
In Russian, Finno-Ugric, Polish and Bulgarian tales, a character who lives in a hut standing on chicken legs and who flies through the air in a mortar, using the pestle as a rudder.
Where does baba yaga come from?
It is traced to Russian.

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