aba

See also Appendix:Variations of "aba"

English

An aba (garment).

Etymology 1

From Arabic عَبَاءَة.

Alternative forms

• abba
• abaya

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /əˈbɑː/, X-SAMPA: /@ˌ"bA:/
• (GenAm) IPA: /əˈbɑ/, X-SAMPA: /@ˌ"bA/

Noun

aba (plural abas)

1. A coarse, often striped, fabric from the middle east, woven from goat or camel hair.
2. A loose-fitting sleeveless garment, made from aba or silk, worn by Arabs. [First attested in the early 19^th century.]
   • 1957, Lawrence Durrell, Justine:

     Here Nessim would sit night after night in the winter, dressed in his old rust-coloured abba, staring gravely at Betelgeuse, or hovering over books of calculations for all the world like a medieval soothsayer.

Etymology 2

• From the name of its creator A. T. d' Abbadie, a French explorer.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA: /ˈæ.bə/

Noun

aba (plural abas)

1. An altazimuth used for astronomy on either land or water.

Anagrams

• baa, BAA

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Ewe

Noun

aba

1. mat

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Gothic

Romanization

aba

1. See 𐌰𐌱𐌰

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Hiligaynon

Interjection

abá

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

Interjection

abâ

1. (questioning) really
2. (questioning) ah, oh

Noun

abá

1. (anatomy) shoulder blade

Verb

abá

1. To carry on one's back

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay aba, from Arabic أبٌ, from Proto-Semitic *ʾab-.

Noun

aba (Jawi spelling اب, plural aba-aba)

1. father (male parent)

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Irish

Noun

aba m

1. genitive singular form of ab

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aba	n-aba	haba	t-aba
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Latgalian

Etymology

Shortened from an older Baltic form *arba, which is preserved in Lithuanian as arba (the meaning differs just slightly).

Conjunction

aba

1. alias, AKA, or

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Malay

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA: /abə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA: /aba/
• Rhymes: -abə, -bə, -ə

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayic *aba, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *aba, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *aba, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *aba, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aba, from Proto-Austronesian *aba.

Alternative forms

• abah
• bah
• ابه
• اب
• به

Noun

aba (Jawi spelling اب)

1. Alternative form of abah.

Etymology 2

From Arabic أبٌ, from Proto-Semitic *ʾab-.

Alternative forms

• اب

Noun

aba (Jawi spelling اب, plural aba-aba)

1. father (male parent)

Etymology 3

Shortened form of haba.

Alternative forms

• haba
• هاب
• اب

Noun

aba (Jawi spelling اب)

1. Alternative form of haba.

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Marshallese

Etymology

From English harbor.

Pronunciation

• MED Phonemes: {habah}
• IPA Phonemes: /ɰapˠaɰ/
• IPA Articulation: [ɑ̯ɑbˠɑɑ̯]

Noun

aba

1. a harbor.
2. an anchorage.
3. a port.

References

• Marshallese-English Online Dictionary

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA: /'abɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA: /'aba/

Noun

aba f (plural abas)

1. tab (navigational widget in a GUI)
2. brim (of a hat)

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Romanian

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish عبا (abâ) (Turkish aba), from Arabic عَبَاءَة.

Noun

aba

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

Synonyms

• dimie

See also

• pănură
• țesătură

Etymology 2

Interjection

aba

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

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• ab

Etymology

From Old Irish ap, abb, from Latin abbās, abbātis, from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbas), from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”).

Noun

aba m (genitive aba, plural abachan)

1. (Christianity) abbot

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

Derived terms

• mac-an-aba

Related terms

• abaid

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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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish عبا (abâ) (Turkish aba), from Arabic عَبَاءَة.

Noun

aba f (Cyrillic spelling аба)

1. aba

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Tagalog

Pronunciation

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Adjective

aba

1. poor

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.

Verb

aba

1. To mistreat.

   Huwag mo namang abain ang iyong hipag.

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

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Tatar

Alternative forms

• аба (in Cyrillic script)

Etymology 1

From Arabic عَبَاءَة.

Noun

aba

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

Declension

    declension of aba

nominative	aba
genitive	abanın
dative	abaya
accusative	abayı
locative	abada
ablative	abadan

Etymology 2

From abla / абла.

Noun

aba

1. (dialectal) One's sister.

References

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

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Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /aba/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *apa (“mother, elder sister, aunt”).

Noun

aba (definite accusative abayı, plural abalar)

1. (dialectal) elder sister
2. (dialectal) mother

Etymology 2

From Arabic عَبَاءَة.

Noun

aba (definite accusative abayı, plural abalar)

1. felt (a non-woven cloth that is produced by matting, condensing and pressing woollen fibres)

Derived terms

• aba güreşi

Declension

declension of aba

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	aba	abalar
definite accusative (belirtme)	abayı	abaları
dative (yönelme)	abaya	abalara
locative (bulunma)	abada	abalarda
ablative (çıkma)	abadan	abalardan
genitive (tamlayan)	abanın	abaların

possessive forms of aba

nominative	singular	plural
benim (my)	abam	abalarım
senin (your)	aban	abaların
onun (his/her/its)	abası	abaları
bizim (our)	abamız	abalarımız
sizin (your)	abanız	abalarınız
onların (their)	abaları	abaları
accusative	singular	plural
benim (my)	abamı	abalarımı
senin (your)	abanı	abalarını
onun (his/her/its)	abasını	abalarını
bizim (our)	abamızı	abalarımızı
sizin (your)	abanızı	abalarınızı
onların (their)	abalarını	abalarını
dative	singular	plural
benim (my)	abama	abalarıma
senin (your)	abana	abalarına
onun (his/her/its)	abasına	abalarına
bizim (our)	abamıza	abalarımıza
sizin (your)	abanıza	abalarınıza
onların (their)	abalarına	abalarına
locative	singular	plural
benim (in/at/on my)	abamda	abalarımda
senin (in/at/on your)	abanda	abalarında
onun (in/at/on his/her/its)	abasında	abalarında
bizim (in/at/on our)	abamızda	abalarımızda
sizin (in/at/on your)	abanızda	abalarınızda
onların (in/at/on their)	abalarında	abalarında
ablative	singular	plural
benim (from my)	abamdan	abalarımdan
senin (from your)	abandan	abalarından
onun (from his/her/its)	abasından	abalarından
bizim (from our)	abamızdan	abalarımızdan
sizin (from your)	abanızdan	abalarınızdan
onların (from their)	abalarından	abalarından
genitive	singular	plural
benim (of my)	abamın	abalarımın
senin (of your)	abanın	abalarının
onun (of his/her/its)	abasının	abalarının
bizim (of our)	abamızın	abalarımızın
sizin (of your)	abanızın	abalarınızın
onların (of their)	abalarının	abalarının