Judging by the native transcription and the sound of the name, it is clearly not a Hebrew diminutive, but a Yiddish one. [noted -ed] The Hebrew should be בשה/באשה and not באשע, as ע is typically used in Yiddish for names ending in e. (I am a native Hebrew speaker who's studying Yiddish)Take Basha for example which is a variant of this name but is listed as Yiddish according to this site.https://www.behindthename.com/name/basha/submitted
Take Basha for example which is a variant of this name but is listed as Yiddish according to this site.
https://www.behindthename.com/name/basha/submitted