Meanings
baku1
- Japanesehuman sciencesA type of supernatural being said to devour nightmares.
2005, David Booth, Story Drama, 2nd edition, Pembroke Publishers, page 49, The creature explained that he was a baku. A baku eats dreams and nightmares. To a baku, a bad dream is delicious!
2 more examples
2008, "Baku", entry in Brenda Rosen, The Mythical Creatures Bible, Octopus Publishing Group, page 113, A person awakening from a nightmare should call three times saying, "Baku, eat my dreams." Thus summoned, the Baku will turn bad omens into good fortune by devouring evil influences.
Shouting out "Devour my dream, Baku!" is said to bring Baku to a child's side to take away his or her bad dreams. Not only does Baku take the dreams away, but he also leaves good fortune in their place.
2012, Kris Bradley, Mrs. B's Guide to Household Witchery, Weiser Books, page 28
Baku2
- The capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
COPs have been held in petrostates before. But fossil fuel interests appeared truly unleashed in Baku — potentially emboldened by the imminent arrival of Donald Trump in the White House, a man who has vowed to “drill, baby, drill” and pull the US out of the Paris climate agreement.
2024 November 25, Laura Paddison, “The UN climate summit ended in bitterness and accusations of betrayal. Now fears are growing for its future”, in CNN
Origin
baku · noun
- Japanese獏“spirit that feeds on nightmares”
- Englishbaku
Borrowed from Japanese 獏 (“spirit that feeds on nightmares”).
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Full word history & related roots →Baku · proper noun
- Classical Persianبَاکُو
- EnglishBaku
From Classical Persian بَاکُو (bākū). For further etymology, see Baku on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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Afrikaans Bakoe
- Bakoethe capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Arabic بَاكُو
- بَاكُو (bākū)the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Basque Baku
- Bakuthe capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Bengali বাকু
- বাকু (baku)the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Bulgarian Баку́
- Баку́ (Bakú)the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Catalan Bakú
- Bakúthe capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Chinese Cantonese 巴庫 /巴库
- 巴庫 /巴库 (baa¹ fu³)the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Chinese Mandarin 巴庫 /巴库
- 巴庫 /巴库 (Bākù)the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Czech Baku
- Bakuthe capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Danish Baku
- Bakuthe capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Dutch Bakoe
- Bakoethe capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Esperanto Bakuo
- Bakuothe capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Estonian Bakuu
- Bakuuthe capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Finnish Baku
- Bakuthe capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
French Bakou
- Bakouthe capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
German Baku
- Bakuthe capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Greek Μπακού
- Μπακού (Bakoú)the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Hebrew באקו \ בָּקוּ
- באקו \ בָּקוּ (baku)the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Hindi बाकू
- बाकू (bākū)the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Hungarian Baku, Bakı
- Bakuthe capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
- Bakıthe capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Icelandic Bakú
- Bakúthe capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Indonesian Baku
- Bakuthe capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Italian Baku
- Bakuthe capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Japanese バクー
- バクー (Bakū)the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Korean 바쿠
- 바쿠the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Latin Baku
- Bakuthe capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Latvian Baku
- Bakuthe capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Lithuanian Baku
- Bakuthe capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Malay Baku
- Bakuthe capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Norwegian Bokmål Baku
- Bakuthe capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Persian باکو, باکویه
- باکو (bâku)the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
- باکویه (bâkuye)the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
- بادکوبه (bâdkube)the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Polish Baku
- Bakuthe capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Portuguese Bacu, Baku
- Bacuthe capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
- Bakuthe capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Romanian Baku
- Bakuthe capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Russian Баку́
- Баку́ (Bakú)the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Slovak Baku
- Bakuthe capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Spanish Bakú
- Bakúthe capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Swahili Baku
- Bakuthe capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Swedish Baku
- Bakuthe capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Tamil பக்கூ
- பக்கூ (pakkū)the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Thai บากู
- บากู (baa-guu)the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Turkish Bakü
- Baküthe capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Ukrainian Баку́
- Баку́ (Bakú)the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Urdu باکُو
- باکُو (bākū)the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Vietnamese Ba-cu
- Ba-cuthe capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Yiddish באַקו
- באַקו (baku)the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with baku
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Cite this entry
baku. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baku
“baku.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baku. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “baku,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baku.
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