Meanings
plural izbas · alternative isba
- a Russian log hut
1 more example
From the doctor's I flitted over to a travel agency, obtained maps and booklets, studied them, learned that on the mountainside above Cedarn there were two or three clusters of cabins, rushed my order to the Cedarn Post Office, and a few days later had rented for the month of August what looked in the snapshots they sent me like a cross between a mujik's izba and Refuge Z, but it had a tiled bathroom and cost dearer than my Appalachian castle.
1962, Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire
Origin
- Old East Slavicизъба (izŭba)
- Russianизба́ (izbá)
- Englishizba
Borrowed from Russian изба́ (izbá).
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Bulgarian и́зба
- и́зба (ízba)a Russian log hut
Chinese Mandarin 俄式的木屋, 伊茲巴 /伊兹巴
- 俄式的木屋 (Éshì de mùwū)a Russian log hut
- 伊茲巴 /伊兹巴 (yīzībā)a Russian log hut
Czech izba
- izbaa Russian log hut
Finnish venäläinen pirtti, venäläinen hirsimökki
- venäläinen pirttia Russian log hut
- venäläinen hirsimökkia Russian log hut
French isba
- isbaa Russian log hut
German Isba
- Isbaa Russian log hut
Greek ιζμπά
- ιζμπά (izmpá)a Russian log hut
Italian isba
- isbaa Russian log hut
Japanese イズバ
- イズバ (izuba)a Russian log hut
Korean 이즈바
- 이즈바 (ijeuba)a Russian log hut
Polish izba
- izbaa Russian log hut
Portuguese isba, isbá
- isbaa Russian log hut
- isbáa Russian log hut
Russian изба́
- изба́ (izbá)a Russian log hut
Slovak izba
- izbaa Russian log hut
Turkish izba, izbe
- izbaa Russian log hut
- izbea Russian log hut
Ukrainian ізба́
- ізба́ (izbá)a Russian log hut
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
izba. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/izba
“izba.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/izba. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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