Dictionary

Baba Yaga en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• bä'bə yäʹgə
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌbɑːbə ˈjɑːɡə/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (qualifier:Slavic mythology) 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.
   • But elbow injuries are the Baba Yaga for pitchers, an ever-present danger. 2023 April 7, Nick Groke, C. Trent Rosecrans, “Analyzing MLB [Major League Baseball]’s most cumbersome contracts — and trying to find a way out for each team”, in The Athletic, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2025:
   • [L]ooking like the hut, minus the fat chicken legs, of Baba Yaga, the old witch with iron teeth and an appetite for a human supper. 2020, Ben Creed, City of Ghosts, London: Welbeck Publishing, →ISBN, page 143:

Forms

Translations (64)

cmn 巴巴亞加 /巴巴亚加 (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · ro Baba Iaga (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · ur بابا یاگا (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · pt Baba Iaga (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · ka ბაბა იაგა (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · mr बाबा यागा (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · tr Yiğ (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · ru Ба́ба-Яга́ (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · sv Baba-Jaga (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · fa بابا یاگا (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · vi Baba-Yaga (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · el Μπάμπα Γιάγκα (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · pl Baba Jędza (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · es Baba Yaga (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · sah Дьэгэ-Бааба (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · mk Ба́ба Ро́га (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · hy Բաբա Յագա (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · pl Baba Rogu (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · az Küpəgirən qarı (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · he סַבְתָּא־אַשַּׁפְתָּא (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · ar بَابَا يَاجَا (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · sh Баба Зима (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · sl Jaga baba (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · sk Baba Jaga (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · de Baba Jaga (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · tr Yeg (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · ru Ба́бка-Ёжка (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · sh Baba Zima (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · bg Ба́ба Я́га (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · pl Baba Jaga (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · hu vasfogú bába (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · sh Баба Рога (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · ar بَابَا يَاغَا (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · he בַּאבָּה יַאגָה (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · lv Baba Jaga (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · ja バーバ・ヤーガ (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · sk Ježibaba (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · tr Yek (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · sh Баба Јага (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · uk Ба́ба-Яга́ (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · da Baba Yaga (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · es Baba Yagá (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · cs Baba Rohu (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · cs Ježibaba (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · ko 바바 야가 (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · hu baba-jaga (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · cmn 芭芭雅嘎 (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · cs Baba Jaga (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · cmn 雅加婆婆 (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · nl Baba Jaga (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · fr Baba Yaga (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · ar بَابَا يَاغَا (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · tr Baba Yaga (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · it Baba Jaga (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · be Ба́ба-Яга́ (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · ar بَابَا يَاجَا (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · hu vasorrú bába (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · fi Baba Jaga (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · hi बाबा यागा (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · mk Ба́ба Ја́га (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · no Baba Jaga (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · sh Baba Jaga (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · sh Baba Roga (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) · pt Baba Yaga (character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar)

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