aba

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.3 Anagrams 2 Bosnian 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 3 Ewe 3.1 Noun 4 Hiligaynon 4.1 Interjection 4.2 Interjection 4.3 Noun 5 Malay 5.1 Noun 6 Romanian 6.1 Etymology 1 6.1.1 Noun 6.2 Etymology 2 6.2.1 Interjection 7 Scottish Gaelic 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Noun 7.3 References 8 Serbian 8.1 Etymology 8.2 Noun 9 Tagalog 9.1 Adjective 9.2 Interjection 9.3 Verb 10 Tatar 10.1 Alternative spellings 10.2 Etymology 1 10.2.1 Noun 10.2.1.1 Declension 10.3 Etymology 2 10.3.1 Noun 10.4 References 11 Turkish 11.1 Etymology 11.2 Noun 11.2.1 Derived terms

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Arabic عَبَاءَة.

[edit] Noun

aba (plural abas)

1. A light fabric woven of camel hair or goat hair.
2. A loose-fitting sleeveless garment of this fabric worn by Bedouins.
3. An altazimuth used for astronomy on either land or water.

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of aab
• baa, BAA

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[edit] Bosnian

[edit] Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish عبا (abâ) (Turkish aba) < Arabic عَبَاءَة.

[edit] Noun

aba f (plural abe)

1. aba

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[edit] Ewe

[edit] Noun

aba

1. mat

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[edit] Hiligaynon

[edit] Interjection

abá

1. alas, gosh, well, whew
2. wow

[edit] Interjection

abâ

1. (questioning) really

[edit] Noun

abá

1. (anatomy) shoulderblade

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[edit] Malay

[edit] Noun

aba

1. father
2. heat
3. atom
4. mite

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish عبا (abâ) (Turkish aba) < Arabic عَبَاءَة.

[edit] Noun

aba

1. Thick wool-fabric, usually white, from which country-style clothing is often made.

[edit] Etymology 2

[edit] Interjection

aba

1. An interjection that expresses wonder or draws attention to something.

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[edit] Scottish Gaelic

[edit] Etymology

Irish ab, Old Irish abb.

[edit] Noun

aba m.

1. abbot

   An ni a ni an dara h-aba subhach, ni e dubhach an t-aba eile. - What makes the one abbot glad makes the other abbot sad.

[edit] References

• The Illustrated Gaelic-English Dictionary (Birlinn Limited, 1901-1911, Compiled by Edward Dwelly)
• A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Complied by Malcolm MacLennan)

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[edit] Serbian

[edit] Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish عبا (abâ) (Turkish aba) < Arabic عَبَاءَة.

[edit] Noun

aba f. (plural abe) (Cyrillic spelling аба)

1. aba

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[edit] Tagalog

[edit] Adjective

aba

1. poor

[edit] Interjection

aba!

1. Wow!

   Aba! Bakit ngayon mo lang sinabi?

   Hey! How come you only said it now?

   Aba! Ikaw ang bahala.

   Well! Do as you please.

   Aba oo.

   But of course.

[edit] Verb

aba

1. To mistreat.

   Huwag mo namang abain ang iyong hipag.

   Don't treat your sister-in-law badly.

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[edit] Tatar

[edit] Alternative spellings

• аба (in Cyrillic script)

[edit] Etymology 1

From Arabic عَبَاءَة.

[edit] Noun

aba

1. A thick, rough woolen garment, often made of deer or goat-hide; (compare aba).

[edit] Declension

[edit] Etymology 2

From abla/абла.

[edit] Noun

aba

1. (dialectal) One's sister.

[edit] References

Garkavets A. N. , Useinov S. M. Tatar-Russian-Ukrainian dictionary аба.

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[edit] Turkish

[edit] Etymology

From Arabic عَبَاءَة.

[edit] Noun

aba

1. aba

[edit] Derived terms

• aba güreşi