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The database knows following meanings of the Slovenian word ‘baba’:

The Slovenian meaning ‘pejorative of a woman’ is shared by Croatian baba, Czech bába, Kashubian baba, Polish baba, Russian баба, Slovak baba and Lower Sorbian baba.
The Slovenian meaning ‘coward’ is shared by Slovak baba.
The meaning ‘old woman’ (not present in Slovenian ‘baba’) is attested in Belarusian баба, Bosnian baba, Bulgarian баба, Croatian baba, Czech bába, Kashubian baba, Macedonian баба, Polish baba, Russian баба, Serbian баба, Slovak baba and Ukrainian баба.
The meaning ‘grandmother’ (not present in Slovenian ‘baba’) is attested in Belarusian баба, Bosnian baba, Bulgarian баба, Czech bába, Macedonian баба, Serbian баба, Slovak baba and Ukrainian баба.
The meaning ‘midwife’ (not present in Slovenian ‘baba’) is attested in Bulgarian баба, Slovak baba, Upper Sorbian baba and Ukrainian баба.
The meaning ‘mother-in-law’ (not present in Slovenian ‘baba’) is attested in Bulgarian баба and Macedonian баба.
The meaning ‘cake’ (not present in Slovenian ‘baba’) is attested in Belarusian баба, Polish baba, Lower Sorbian baba, Upper Sorbian baba and Ukrainian баба.

Slovenian baba	Meaning: pejorative of a woman coward	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Belarusian баба	Meaning: old woman grandmother cake

Slovenian baba	Meaning in Bosnian: ženska / pejorative of a woman coward	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Bosnian baba	Meaning: old woman grandmother

Slovenian baba	Meaning: pejorative of a woman coward	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Bulgarian баба	Meaning: old woman grandmother midwife mother-in-law

Slovenian baba	Meaning in Croatian: ženska / pejorative of a woman coward	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Croatian baba	Meaning: old woman pejorative of a woman

Slovenian baba	Meaning: pejorative of a woman coward	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Czech bába	Meaning: old woman grandmother pejorative of a woman

Slovenian baba	Meaning: pejorative of a woman coward	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Kashubian baba	Meaning: old woman pejorative of a woman

Slovenian baba	Meaning: pejorative of a woman coward	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Macedonian баба	Meaning: old woman grandmother mother-in-law

Slovenian baba	Meaning: pejorative of a woman coward	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Polish baba	Meaning: old woman pejorative of a woman cake

Slovenian baba	Meaning: pejorative of a woman coward	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Russian баба	Meaning: old woman pejorative of a woman

Slovenian baba	Meaning in Serbian: женска / pejorative of a woman coward	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Serbian баба	Meaning: old woman grandmother

Slovenian baba	Meaning: pejorative of a woman coward	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Slovak baba	Meaning: old woman grandmother pejorative of a woman midwife coward

Slovenian baba	Meaning: pejorative of a woman coward	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Lower Sorbian baba	Meaning: pejorative of a woman cake

Slovenian baba	Meaning: pejorative of a woman coward	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Upper Sorbian baba	Meaning: midwife cake

Slovenian baba	Meaning: pejorative of a woman coward	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Ukrainian баба	Meaning: old woman grandmother midwife cake

*baba

Meanings:

‘old woman’

‘grandmother’

‘pejorative of a woman’

‘midwife’

‘mother-in-law’

‘cake’

‘coward’

no such word

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