Baba Yaga

English

Baba Yaga, by Viktor Vasnetsov

Alternative forms

Baba Jaga

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌbɑːbə ˈjɑːɡə/, enPR: bä'bə yäʹgə
Rhymes: -ɑːɡə
Hyphenation: Ba‧ba Ya‧ga

Proper noun

Baba Yaga

(Slavic mythology) In Russian, Finno-Ugric, Polish and Bulgarian tales, a hag who lives in a hut standing on chicken legs and who flies through the air in a mortar, using the pestle as a rudder. She behaves ambivalently and may be either amiable or hostile.

Translations

hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar

Arabic: بَابَا يَاجَا f (bābā yāgā), بَابَا يَاجَا f (bābā yājā), بَابَا يَاغَا f (bābā yāgā), بَابَا يَاغَا f (bābā yāḡā)
Armenian: Բաբա Յագա (Baba Yaga)
Azerbaijani: Küpəgirən qarı
Belarusian: Ба́ба-Яга́ f (Bába-Jahá)
Bulgarian: Ба́ба Я́га f (Bába Jága)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 芭芭雅嘎 (Bābā Yǎgā), 雅加婆婆 (Yǎjiā Pópo), 巴巴亞加／巴巴亚加 (Bābā Yàjiā)
Czech: Ježibaba f, Baba Jaga f, Baba Rohu f
Danish: Baba Yaga c
Dutch: Baba Jaga f
Finnish: Baba Jaga
French: Baba Yaga (fr) f
Georgian: ბაბა იაგა (baba iaga)
German: Baba Jaga (de) f
Greek: Μπάμπα Γιάγκα f (Bámpa Giágka)
Hebrew: בַּאבָּה יַאגָה f (Bába Yága)
Hindi: बाबा यागा f (bābā yāgā)
Hungarian: vasorrú bába (hu), vasfogú bába, baba-jaga
Italian: Baba Jaga f
Japanese: バーバ・ヤーガ (Bāba Yāga)
Korean: 바바 야가 (Baba Yaga)
Latvian: Baba Jaga f
Macedonian: Ба́ба Ро́га f (Bába Róga), Ба́ба Ја́га f (Bába Jága)
Marathi: बाबा यागा f (bābā yāgā)
Norwegian: Baba Jaga f
Persian: بابا یاگا (bâbâ yâgâ)
Polish: Baba Jaga (pl) f, Baba Jędza f, Baba Rogu f
Portuguese: Baba Yaga f, Baba Iaga f
Romanian: Baba Iaga f
Russian: Ба́ба-Яга́ (ru) f (Bába-Jagá), (joking) Ба́бка-Ёжка f (Bábka-Jóžka)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Баба Јага f, Баба Рога f, Баба Зима f

Roman: Baba Jaga f, Baba Roga f, Baba Zima f
Slovak: Ježibaba f, Baba Jaga f
Slovene: Jaga baba f
Spanish: Baba Yaga f, Baba Yagá f
Swedish: Baba-Jaga c
Turkish: Baba Yaga, Yek (tr), Yeg, Yiğ
Ukrainian: Ба́ба-Яга́ f (Bába-Jahá)
Urdu: بابا یاگا f (bābā yāgā)
Vietnamese: Baba-Yaga
Yakut: Дьэгэ-Бааба (Jege-Baaba)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Baba Iaga

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈba.bɐ ˈja.ɡɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ba ˈja.ɡa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈba.bɐ ˈja.ɡɐ/ [ˈba.βɐ ˈja.ɣɐ]

Rhymes: -aɡɐ

Proper noun

a Baba Yaga f

(Slavic mythology) Baba Yaga

Spanish

Alternative forms

Baba Yagá

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˌbaba ʝaˈɡa/ [ˌba.β̞a ʝaˈɣ̞a]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˌbaba ʃaˈɡa/ [ˌba.β̞a ʃaˈɣ̞a]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˌbaba ʒaˈɡa/ [ˌba.β̞a ʒaˈɣ̞a]

Syllabification: Ba‧ba Ya‧ga

Proper noun

Baba Yaga f

(Slavic mythology) Baba Yaga

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