Babushka

[kevq]

Hi,
have just added a new image to my gallery.
I call it Babushka, which I believe is Russian for Grandma.
Kev.

[Wendy]

Hi Kev ...

Oh that is great images to have used that technique on ... it looks good :)

Wendy

[kevq]

Wendy,
glad you like it. I think it is pretty good (big head;) )
Kev:) :)

[SCRAPPYGIRL]

Great image Kev. I thought a Babuska referred to some kind of head scarf. . . . boy you learn something every day dont ya!!

[Norm F]

Hi Kev,

Great image. I love it. Babushka is indeed a head scarf or a hat. The Ukrainian word for Grandma is Baba.

[SCRAPPYGIRL]

Oh Norm, that is soooo funny. Our grandchildren call my husband Baba. I don't think I'll tell him it's a Ukranian word for grandMA

[kevq]

Hi Norm and Carol,
glad you like it.
Babushka does mean a head scarf but it is used as a term of affection for Grandma. The Russian dolls that nest inside each other are often called Babushka dolls.
Kev:) :)

[crljean]

Well, whatever it's called, it's super.

[Wendy]

Hi Everyone ...

I found this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babushka

Wendy

[Norm F]

Thanks Wendy. I missed Kev's reference to Russian. I just recognized it as a Ukrainian word. Saskatchewan is full of Ukrainians and the word definitely translates to head scarf or hat in Ukrainian. At least that's what Ed Wojcichowsky says. :)

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/babushka

[kevq]

Wendy,
thanks for definition.
Kev.

[kevq]

Carol,
thank you.
Kev.

[Norm F]

Wendy,
thanks for definition.
Kev.

My apologies Kev. I did not realize that babushka is also a Russian word.

[Wendy]

Hi Norm ...

It always facinates me how words change meaning between one language and another :)


Wendy