aba

See also ABA, and Aba

English

An aba (garment).

Alternative forms

• abba

Etymology

From Arabic عَبَاءَة.

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.
   • 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.

3. 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. Romanization of 𐌰𐌱𐌰

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Hiligaynon

Interjection

abá

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

Interjection

abâ

1. (questioning) really

Noun

abá

1. (anatomy) shoulder blade

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Malay

Noun

aba

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

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Marshallese

Etymology

From English harbor.

Pronunciation

• MED Phonemes: {habah}
• IPA Phonemes: /ɦˠapˠaɦˠ/
• IPA Articulation: [ʕɑb̴ɑʕ]

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

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

Etymology 2

From Arabic عَبَاءَة.

Noun

aba

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

Derived terms

• aba güreşi