Babushka

"Babushka" in Russian

ба́бушка

bábuška

(an old woman)

косы́нка

kosýnka

(woman’s headscarf tied under the chin)

плато́к

platók

(woman’s headscarf tied under the chin)

стару́ха

starúxa

(an old woman)

стару́шка

starúška

(an old woman)

шаль

šalʹ

(woman’s headscarf tied under the chin)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.