It's a term for "grandmother", or for a headscarf used by old ladies.
The cast of Babooska - 2005 includes: Carina de Almeida Alves Ribeiro as herself Marina de Vincentis as herself Piero Fallarino as himself Azzurra Gerardi as herself Babooska Gerardi as herself Patrizia Gerardi as herself Naike Gerardi as herself Ciccio Gerardi as himself Santa Giacoppo as himself Roni Pellegrini as herself Michele Pellegrini as himself Walter Saabel as himself Giuliana Volpi as herself Viviana Zoppis as herself Sara Zoppis as herself