"Baba Jaga" meaning in All languages combined

See Baba Jaga on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Rhymes: -ɑːɡə Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Baba Jaga}} Baba Jaga
  1. Alternative spelling of Baba Yaga Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Baba Yaga
    Sense id: en-Baba_Jaga-en-name-NkeiuWDZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Proper name [Polish]

IPA: /ˈba.ba ˈja.ɡa/
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Ба́ба-Яга́ (Bába-Jagá). Doublet of Baba Jędza, the inherited form. Etymology templates: {{dercat|pl|sla-pro}}, {{bor+|pl|ru|Ба́ба-Яга́}} Borrowed from Russian Ба́ба-Яга́ (Bába-Jagá), {{dbt|pl|Baba Jędza}} Doublet of Baba Jędza Head templates: {{pl-prop|f|head=Baba Jaga}} Baba Jaga f Inflection templates: {{pl-decl-phrase|f|f|tantum=s}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], Baba Jaga [nominative, singular], Baby Jagi [genitive, singular], Babie Jadze [dative, singular], Babę Jagę [accusative, singular], Babą Jagą [instrumental, singular], Babie Jadze [locative, singular], Babo Jago [singular, vocative], Baba-Jaga [alternative]
  1. (Slavic mythology) Baba Yaga (hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar) Tags: feminine Synonyms: Baba Jędza Derived forms: baba jaga

Alternative forms

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