abaya
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Arabic عَبَايَة (ʕabāya). Compare aba. First attested in 1856.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /əˈbeɪ.jə/
Audio (CA) (file)
Noun[edit]
abaya (plural abayas)
- Synonym of aba
Translations[edit]
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References[edit]
- Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN)
- Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abaya”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Arabic عَبَايَة (ʕabāya).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
abaya f (plural abayas)
Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from Arabic عَبَايَة (ʕabāya), alternative form of عَبَاءَة (ʕabāʔa, “cloak”), derived from the root ع ب ء (ʕ b ʔ).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
abaya (first-person possessive abayaku, second-person possessive abayamu, third-person possessive abayanya)
Further reading[edit]
- “abaya” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from Arabic عَبَايَة (ʕabāya), alternative form of عَبَاءَة (ʕabāʔa, “cloak”), derived from the root ع ب ء (ʕ b ʔ).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
abaya f (invariable)
Further reading[edit]
- abaya in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from Arabic عَبَايَة (ʕabāya), alternative form of عَبَاءَة (ʕabāʔa, “cloak. frock”), derived from the root ع ب ء (ʕ b ʔ).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
abaya m (definite singular abayaen, indefinite plural abayaer, definite plural abayaene)
- (Islam) an abaya, muslim women's piece of clothing used in the area around the Persian Gulf which consists of a long, black cloak that in some cases also covers the head
- 2001 February 16, VG:
- aldri tidligere har så mange irakiske kvinner dekket seg til i den svarte abayaen
- never before have so many Iraqi women covered themselves in the black abaya
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- “abaya” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “abaya” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “abaya” in Store norske leksikon
Spanish[edit]
Noun[edit]
abaya f (plural abayas)
Turkish[edit]
Noun[edit]
abaya
Xhosa[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronoun[edit]
abaya
- those over there, yonder; class 2 remote demonstrative.
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- en:Clothing
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- Italian terms borrowed from Arabic
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- Rhymes:Italian/aja
- Rhymes:Italian/aja/3 syllables
- Italian lemmas
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- it:Islam
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- Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/aja
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- nb:Islam
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- nb:Clothing
- nb:Religion
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