Meaning of babulia | Babel Free

Definitions

Alternative spelling of babulya.

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Examples

“Efrosinya Gadzhieva has been coming to Gorky Park⟳ since Stalin’s time. ‘In those days the flowers were tended,’ she muses, her gold teeth glistening in the sun. ‘Now it’s just arcades and noise. Then you could buy⟳ sandwiches with caviar, not all these strange kebabs.’ But Babulia (granny), as the locals call⟳ her, is not one to complain⟳. Since 1976, she has been operating the weighing scales from her spot near the shooting range.”

“Even those who, out of love⟳ for the vine, are still growing their own⟳ grapes are far from sure they are doing the right thing, said Babulia Otiashvili, 55, a grandmother harvesting in giant wicker baskets the last⟳ of the grapes on her two-acre private plot.”

“To be sure, people of all ages were on Maidan, and the grandmothers, the babulias, were out there in full force⟳.”

“Nadia’s grandmother is that extremely rare thing in Chekhov’s work⟳, an almost entirely negative character. This is brought out in his opening description of her, which emphasises her physical repulsiveness: ‘Grandmother, or, as she was called at home “babulia”, was very fat, ugly, with thick eye-brows and a little moustache.[…]’”

“He greeted Faina exuberantly giving her a big hug as he affectionally called her babulia, grandmother.”

“Here at the dacha no one ever pushes and tells me: “Babulia [diminutive for babushka], what are you doing here? Go home and do not bother me!” [laughs] And when I am in Moscow, I am constantly hearing “Babulia, come⟳ here. Babulia, come⟳ over here. Babulia . . . .””

“Alina is survived by her parents, of Oklahoma City; and her Grandma and Grandpa, of Oklahoma City; and her Diyada and Babulia (Russian grandparents), of Russia, Siberia; by relatives of both parents and grandparents, and by many close⟳ friends.”

“There was a Babusia in Maria’s life: in family letters she bore the affectionate nickname for grandmother, babushka. But this Babusia (or Babulia as she’s sometimes called) was not a grandmotherly force⟳ for the Balanchivadze children. […] Despite what Balanchine later implied about his mother’s indifference, she stayed mostly for him, though other factors may have⟳ influenced her too: her mother (if that’s who the mysterious “Babulia” was), her cousins, the city itself.”

“They could hardly see⟳ me behind an enormous bunch of lilacs. My dear cousin Naira, Granny Nadia and Auntie Rita. […] I looked at Babulia Nadia rummaging through the chest that smelled of years.”

““Not Seamus. It was Griffith. He threatened my babulia, my grandmother.” […] “You said he threatened your babulia. Or did you forget⟳? Most people would’ve wanted to make⟳ sure grandma was safe before they flew 2,500 miles into the Arctic.””

“After his working day, he would hurry⟳ home and quickly eat⟳ a dinner prepared by Mama’s grandmother, Babulia. At the kitchen table—eating alone as Mama, Lulu, and Babulia had dinner earlier—he would call⟳ Mama over, and whisper⟳ “на-ка,” urging his daughter to steal⟳ a few dumplings or a piece of buttered bread at his “here you go.””

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