Baba Yaga

English thumb|Baba Yaga, by Viktor Vasnetsov Alternative forms en Baba Iaga Baba-Iaga Baba Jaga Etymology Ultimately from en sla-pro *baba ęga hag of terror, probably through en ru Ба́ба-Яга́. Pronunciation en /ˌbɑːbə ˈjɑːɡə/, bä'bə yäʹgə en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Baba Yaga.wav Southern England en ɑːɡə en Ba ba Ya ga Proper noun ~ Baba Yaga en 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. en Ben Creed City of Ghosts London Welbeck Publishing 2020 978-1787394940 143 [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. 7 April 2023 Nick Groke; C. Trent Rosecrans Analyzing MLB Major League Baseball’s most cumbersome contracts — and trying to find a way out for each team https://web.archive.org/web/20250817043344/https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4384846/2023/04/07/analyzing-mlbs-worst-contracts/ But elbow injuries are the Baba Yaga for pitchers, an ever-present danger. Translations character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar Arabic: ar بَابَا يَاجَا f bābā yāgā, ar بَابَا يَاجَا f, ar بَابَا يَاغَا f bābā yāgā, ar بَابَا يَاغَا f Armenian: hy Բաբա Յագա Azerbaijani: az Küpəgirən qarı Belarusian: be Ба́ба-Яга́ f Bulgarian: bg Ба́ба Я́га f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 芭芭雅嘎 Bābā Yǎgā, cmn 雅加婆婆 Yǎjiā Pópo, cmn 巴巴亞加 Bābā Yàjiā Czech: cs Ježibaba f, cs Baba Jaga f, cs Baba Rohu f Danish: da Baba Yaga c Dutch: nl Baba Jaga f Finnish: fi Baba Jaga French: fr Baba Yaga f Georgian: ka ბაბა იაგა German: de Baba Jaga f Greek: el Μπάμπα Γιάγκα f Hebrew: he בַּאבָּה יַאגָה f Bába Yága, he סַבְתָּא־אַשַּׁפְתָּא f Sávta Asháfta Hindi: hi बाबा यागा f Hungarian: hu vasorrú bába, hu vasfogú bába, hu baba-jaga Italian: it Baba Jaga f Japanese: ja バーバ・ヤーガ Bāba Yāga Korean: ko ^바바 ^야가 Latvian: lv Baba Jaga f Macedonian: mk Ба́ба Ро́га f, mk Ба́ба Ја́га f Marathi: mr बाबा यागा f Norwegian: no Baba Jaga f Persian: fa بابا یاگا bâbâ yâgâ Polish: pl Baba Jaga f, pl Baba Jędza f, pl Baba Rogu f Portuguese: pt Baba Yaga f, pt Baba Iaga f Romanian: ro Baba Iaga f Russian: ru Ба́ба-Яга́ f, joking ru Ба́бка-Ёжка f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Баба Јага f, sh Баба Рога f, sh Баба Зима f Latin: sh Baba Jaga f, sh Baba Roga f, sh Baba Zima f Slovak: sk Ježibaba f, sk Baba Jaga f Slovene: sl Jaga baba f Spanish: es Baba Yaga f, es Baba Yagá f Swedish: sv Baba-Jaga c Turkish: tr Baba Yaga, tr Yek, tr Yeg, tr Yiğ Ukrainian: uk Ба́ба-Яга́ f Urdu: ur بابا یاگا f bābā yāgā Vietnamese: vi Baba-Yaga Yakut: sah Дьэгэ-Бааба en Mythological figures Slavic mythology Russian folklore Portuguese pt: Alternative forms pt Baba Iaga Etymology Ultimately from pt sla-pro *baba ęga hag of terror, probably through pt ru Ба́ба-Яга́. Pronunciation pt aɡɐ Proper noun f a Baba Yaga pt Slavic mythology en Baba Yaga pt Mythological figures Slavic mythology Spanish es: Alternative forms es Baba Yagá Etymology Ultimately from es sla-pro *baba ęga hag of terror, probably through es ru Ба́ба-Яга́. Pronunciation Baba Yagá Proper noun f Baba Yaga es Slavic mythology en Baba Yaga es Mythological figures Slavic mythology