abaya

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (CA)

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Noun

abaya (plural abayas)

1. Synonym of aba
   • 2023 August 28, Aurelien Breeden, “France to Ban Full-Length Muslim Robes in Public Schools”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     France will bar children in public schools from wearing the abaya, a loosefitting, full-length robe worn by some Muslim women, the government said this week.

Translations

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

• Arabic: عَبَايَة f (ʕabāya), عَبَاءَة f (ʕabāʔa)
• Armenian: աբա (hy) (aba)
• Dutch: aba (nl) m
• Esperanto: abajo
• French: abaya (fr) f
• Georgian: აბაია (abaia)
• German: Abaya f
• Hindi: अबाया (abāyā)
• Japanese: アバーヤ (abāya), アバーア (abāa)
• Kazakh: абайя (abaiä)
• Korean: 아바야 (abaya)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: abaya m

• Persian: عبایه ('abâye)
• Polish: abaja (pl) f
• 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)
• 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

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَبَايَة (ʕabāya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ba.ja/

Noun

abaya f (plural abayas)

1. abaya

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic عَبَايَة (ʕabāya), alternative form of عَبَاءَة (ʕabāʔa, “cloak”), derived from the root ع ب ء (ʕ b ʔ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈabaja]
• Hyphenation: aba‧ya

Noun

abaya (first-person possessive abayaku, second-person possessive abayamu, third-person possessive abayanya)

1. abaya, aba.

Further reading

• “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

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic عَبَايَة (ʕabāya), alternative form of عَبَاءَة (ʕabāʔa, “cloak”), derived from the root ع ب ء (ʕ b ʔ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈba.ja/
• Rhymes: -aja
• Hyphenation: a‧bà‧ya

Noun

abaya f (invariable)

1. (neologism, Islam) abaya, aba

Further reading

• abaya in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Norwegian Bokmål

Kvinne ikledd abaya og nikab. — Woman dressed in abaya and niqab.

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic عَبَايَة (ʕabāya), alternative form of عَبَاءَة (ʕabāʔa, “cloak. frock”), derived from the root ع ب ء (ʕ b ʔ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbaja/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aja
• Hyphenation: ab‧ay‧a

Noun

abaya m (definite singular abayaen, indefinite plural abayaer, definite plural abayaene)

1. (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

• chador (“chador”), burka (“burka”), hijab (“hijab”), kaftan (“kaftan”)

References

• “abaya” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “abaya” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “abaya” in Store norske leksikon

Spanish

Noun

abaya f (plural abayas)

1. abaya

Turkish

Noun

abaya

1. dative singular of aba

Xhosa

Alternative forms

• abaa

Etymology

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Pronoun

abaya

1. those over there, yonder; class 2 remote demonstrative.