A babushka is the scarf head covering and an affectionate term used I believe exclusively in Russian for a busha or grandmother. Both words, scarf babsuhka and grandmother busha are common in most slavic languanges.
When I was in high school, the girls wore babsuhka’s to keep the wind from messing up our hair...1950
“babushka” This is the name you call me so thought you would want to read this thread.
Don’t mess with us babushkas.
In fact “babushka” is an eslusively English-speaking for a head scarf. In Russia babushka means grandmother (or any other 65+ woman)