different between matryoshka vs babushka

English

Etymology

From Russian ???????? (matrjóška), from personal name ??????? (Matrjóna), formerly ??????? (Matrona), ultimately from Latin m?tr?na (“matron”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?mæt?????k?/, (US) IPA^(key): /?m?t?i?o??k?/
• Hyphenation: ma?try?osh?ka

Noun

matryoshka (plural matryoshkas or matryoshki)

1. One of a set of wooden Russian dolls of different sizes, designed such that each fits inside the next. [from 20th c.]

   Synonym: Russian doll

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Further reading

• Matryoshka doll on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Noun

matryoshka f (plural matryoshkas)

1. Alternative spelling of matrioshka

English

Alternative forms

• babooshka, baboushka

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ???????? (bábuška, “grandmother, granny”), diminutive of ????? (bába, “old woman”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /b??bu??.k?/

Noun

babushka (plural babushkas)

1. An old woman.
   1. A stereotypical Eastern European peasant grandmother type figure
2. A woman’s headscarf, tied under the chin.
   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 78:

     The crowd falls silent, momentarily stunned, while a heavyset woman in a babushka pushes her way through, broadcasting the news […].

3. Russian doll, matryoshka

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Usage notes

• Note that the Russian term ???????? (bábuška, “grandmother, granny; old woman”) doesn't have the sense "Russian doll, matryoshka" or "woman’s headscarf".