Meaning of Baba Yaga | Babel Free
ˌbɑːbə ˈjɑːɡəDefinitions
In Russian, Finno-Ugric, Polish and Bulgarian tales, a character who lives in a hut standing on chicken legs and who flies through the air in a mortar, using the pestle as a rudder.
Equivalents
Examples
“[L]ooking like the hut, minus the fat chicken legs, of Baba Yaga, the old witch with iron teeth and an appetite for a human supper.”
“But elbow injuries are the Baba Yaga for pitchers, an ever-present danger.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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