/iz bah"/ , n.
the traditional log house of rural Russia, with an unheated entrance room and a single living and sleeping room heated by a clay or brick stove.
Also, isba .
[ 1775-85; izbá (dim. istópka ), ORuss istuba house, bath, c. Serbo-Croatian ìzba small room, shack, Czech jizba room, Old Czech jistba, jizdba, all jistuba extufa, with short u perh. stuba; see STOVE 1 ]