"babka" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbɑb.kə/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-babka.wav [Southern-England] Forms: babkas [plural]
Etymology: From a Slavic language likely via Yiddish באַבקע (babke). Compare baba, in the sense of "rum soaked cake". Etymology templates: {{der|en|sla|-}} Slavic, {{der|en|yi|באַבקע}} Yiddish באַבקע (babke), {{m|en|baba}} baba Head templates: {{en-noun}} babka (plural babkas)
  1. A Central and Eastern European coffee cake flavored with orange rind, rum, almonds, and raisins; or with some single flavoring, e.g. chocolate, lemon, etc. Wikipedia link: babka Categories (topical): Cakes and pastries Translations (coffee cake): baba (Finnish), babka [masculine] (French), babka (Indonesian), babka [feminine] (Polish), ба́ба (bába) [feminine] (Russian), באַבקע (babke) [feminine] (Yiddish)

Inflected forms

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