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What do we call Grandmothers in Ukraine? Is it Baba (as I was taught) or Babashka (as a new friend insisted)? 3

My friend said Baba is a rude expression which means old woman and Babashka is a more polite expression which means loving grandmother. But none of my Ukrainian parents noticed the difference. Anyone knows

Babushka is a common form, a small form like Baba Maa.

The correct Ukrainian term for grandparents. Babushka is a Russian or Ukrainian language of the East. M.H.

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What do we call Grandmothers in Ukraine? Is it Baba (as I was taught) or Babashka (as a new friend insisted)?

My friend said Baba is a rude expression which means old woman and Babashka is a more polite expression which means loving grandmother. But none of my Ukrainian parents noticed the difference. Anyone knows

Grandma In Ukrainian

Grandma In Ukrainian

Baba has different meanings depending on where you are. I am Ukrainian and my father was born there with his parents and sister and when we talk about our grandmother we call her Baba. My sister-in-law is from Poland and she said the same thing. But elsewhere Baba means old woman and others.

It was the weirdest thing ... My 7 year old sister kept calling my 3 month old sister Babashka ... It was actually the first time I heard my 3 month old sister laughing.

I think Babushka is the correct term, or Babbi

Oh ... isn't it a bashka, tired hijab or hijab that blows your hair in the wind?

I like Babka or Babcho,

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