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],
"word": "بَابَا يَاغَا"
},
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"roman": "Baba Yaga",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"word": "Բաբա Յագա"
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"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"word": "Küpəgirən qarı"
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"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "Bába-Jahá",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ба́ба-Яга́"
},
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"roman": "Bába Jága",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ба́ба Я́га"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Bābā Yǎgā",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"word": "芭芭雅嘎"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Yǎjiā Pópo",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"word": "雅加婆婆"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"word": "巴巴亞加"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Bābā Yàjiā",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"word": "巴巴亚加"
},
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ježibaba"
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"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"tags": [
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"word": "Baba Jaga"
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"tags": [
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"word": "Baba Rohu"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
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"word": "Baba Yaga"
},
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"tags": [
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"word": "Baba Jaga"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"word": "Baba Jaga"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Baba Yaga"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "baba iaga",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"word": "ბაბა იაგა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Baba Jaga"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "Bámpa Giágka",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Μπάμπα Γιάγκα"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "Bába Yága",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "בַּאבָּה יַאגָה"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "Sávta Asháfta",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "סַבְתָּא־אַשַּׁפְתָּא"
},
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"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "bābā yāgā",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "बाबा यागा"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"word": "vasorrú bába"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"word": "vasfogú bába"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"word": "baba-jaga"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Baba Jaga"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "Bāba Yāga",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"word": "バーバ・ヤーガ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "Baba Yaga",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"word": "바바 야가"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Baba Jaga"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "Bába Róga",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ба́ба Ро́га"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "Bába Jága",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ба́ба Ја́га"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "bābā yāgā",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "बाबा यागा"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Baba Jaga"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "bâbâ yâgâ",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"word": "بابا یاگا"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Baba Jaga"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Baba Jędza"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Baba Rogu"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Baba Yaga"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Baba Iaga"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Baba Iaga"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "Bába-Jagá",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ба́ба-Яга́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "joking",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "Bábka-Jóžka",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ба́бка-Ёжка"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "Баба Јага"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "Баба Рога"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "Баба Зима"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "Baba Jaga"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "Baba Roga"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "Baba Zima"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ježibaba"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Baba Jaga"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Jaga baba"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Baba Yaga"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Baba Yagá"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"tags": [
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"word": "Baba-Jaga"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"word": "Baba Yaga"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"word": "Yek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"word": "Yeg"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"word": "Yiğ"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "Bába-Jahá",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ба́ба-Яга́"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "bābā yāgā",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "بابا یاگا"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"word": "Baba-Yaga"
},
{
"code": "sah",
"lang": "Yakut",
"roman": "Jege-Baaba",
"sense": "hag in Slavic mythology who flies in a mortar",
"word": "Дьэгэ-Бааба"
}
],
"word": "Baba Yaga"
}
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