See Baba Yaga on Wiktionary
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"Bába Jága", "sense": "character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Ба́ба Ја́га" }, { "code": "mr", "lang": "Marathi", "roman": "bābā yāgā", "sense": "character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "बाबा यागा" }, { "code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Baba Jaga" }, { "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "bâbâ yâgâ", "sense": "character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar", "word": "بابا یاگا" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Baba Jaga" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Baba Jędza" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar", "tags": [ "feminine" ], 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"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar", "tags": [ "Cyrillic", "feminine" ], "word": "Баба Рога" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar", "tags": [ "Cyrillic", "feminine" ], "word": "Баба Зима" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar", "tags": [ "Roman", "feminine" ], "word": "Baba Jaga" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar", "tags": [ "Roman", "feminine" ], "word": "Baba Roga" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar", "tags": [ "Roman", "feminine" ], "word": "Baba Zima" }, { "code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Ježibaba" }, { "code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Baba Jaga" }, { "code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Jaga baba" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Baba Yaga" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Baba Yagá" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "Baba-Jaga" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar", "word": "Baba Yaga" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "character in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar", "word": "Yek" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "character in Slavic 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