Associations to the word «Baba»

Wiktionary

BABA, noun. A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup.
BABA, noun. (esp. among people of East European ancestry) A grandmother.
BABA, noun. An old woman, especially a traditional old woman from an eastern European culture.
BABA, noun. (esp. among people of Indian ancestry) A father.
BABA, noun. (Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism) A holy man, a spiritual leader.
BABA, noun. (India) (dated) A baby, child.
BABA, noun. In baby talk, often used for a variety of words beginning with b, such as bottle or blanket.
BABA AU RHUM, noun. A particular type of cake flavored with rum.
BABA AU RHUM, noun. A special type of lingerie, with garter extensions leading to a high midriff.
BABA GANOUJ, noun. Alternative spelling of baba ganoush
BABA GANOUSH, noun. A Lebanese dish made from a purée of roasted aubergine (eggplant), garlic and tahini used as a dip etc.
BABA GHANOUSH, noun. Alternative spelling of baba ganoush
BABA YAGA, proper noun. (Slavic mythology) In Polish, Bulgarian and Russian tales, a hag who lives in a hut that stands on chicken legs and who flies through the air in a mortar, using the pestle as a rudder.

Dictionary definition

BABA, noun. A small cake leavened with yeast.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats