matryoshka

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von matryoshka im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch

(Oyuncaklar) Matruşka

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von matryoshka im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

a wooden Russian doll

(Oyuncaklar) A matryoshka doll or a Russian nested doll (also called a stacking doll or Babushka doll) is a set of dolls of decreasing sizes placed one inside another. "Matryoshka" is a derivative of the Russian female first name "Matryona", which is traditionally associated with a corpulent, robust, rustic Russian woman

{i} Russian nesting doll which is a hollow wooden doll that can be pulled apart to display another figure of the same type inside and then another inside this one and so on (there are usually 6 or more nested figures)

Etymologie

() From Russian матрёшка (matrjóška).