abaya

English

An abaya (garment).

Etymology

From Arabic عَبَايَة‎ (ʿabāya). Compare aba. First attested in 1856.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /əˈbeɪ.jə/

Noun

abaya (plural abayas)

Synonym of aba

Translations

coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair

Arabic: عَبَايَة‎ f (ʿabāya), عَبَاءَة‎ f (ʿabāʾa)
Armenian: աբա (hy) (aba)
Dutch: aba (nl) m
French: abaya (fr) f
Georgian: აბაია (abaia)
German: Abaya f
Hindi: अबाया (abāyā)
Japanese: アバヤ (abaya)

Kazakh: абайя (abayya)
Korean: 아바야 (abaya)
Persian: عبایه‎ ('abâye)
Russian: аба́йя (ru) f (abájja)
Spanish: abaya (es) f
Turkish: abaye
Ukrainian: аба́я f (abája)
Urdu: عبایہ‎ (abāya)

loose-fitting sleeveless garment, made from abaya or silk — see aba

References

Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN)
“abaya” in Lesley Brown, editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.

French

Etymology

From Arabic عَبَايَة‎ (ʿabāya).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.ba.ja/

Noun

abaya f (plural abayas)

abaya

Spanish

Noun

abaya f (plural abayas)

abaya

Turkish

Noun

abaya

dative singular of aba

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.