abaya

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Canada):

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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.

   • 2026 March 16, Richard Florida, “Could This Be the End of Dubai?”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:

     Outside, Ferraris and McLarens idled in front of restaurants while men in white kanduras and women in black abayas moved through malls lined with every luxury brand on earth.

Derived terms

• abayaed

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
• French: abaya (fr) f
• Georgian: აბაია (abaia)
• German: Abaya (de) 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 1

Borrowed from Arabic عَبَايَة (ʕabāya).

Alternative forms

• 3abaya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ba.ja/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

abaya f (plural abayas)

1. abaya

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.bɛ.ja/ ~ /a.be.ja/

Verb

abaya

1. third-person singular past historic of abayer

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَبَايَة (ʕabāya), alternative form of عَبَاءَة (ʕabāʔa, “cloak”). .

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /aˈbaja/ [aˈba.ja]
• Rhymes: -aja
• Syllabification: a‧ba‧ya

Noun

abaya (plural abaya-abaya)

1. abaya, aba

Further reading

• “abaya”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of 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:

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• 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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aˈbaʝa/ [aˈβ̞a.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /aˈbaʝa/ [aˈβ̞a.ʝa] (everywhere but Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay, northern Mexico, Yucatán and Central America (except Panama))
• IPA^(key): /aˈbaʃa/ [aˈβ̞a.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /aˈbaʒa/ [aˈβ̞a.ʒa] (elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /aˈbaja/ [aˈβ̞a.ja] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Rhymes: -aʝa
• Syllabification: a‧ba‧ya

Noun

abaya f (plural abayas)

1. abaya

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَبَايَة (ʕabāya).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈbaja/ [ʔɐˈbaː.jɐ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aja
• Syllabification: a‧ba‧ya

Noun

abaya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜌ)

1. abaya; aba (loose-fitting sleeveless garment, made from aba or silk, specially worn by women)

Further reading

• “abaya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Turkish

Noun

abaya

1. dative singular of aba

Xhosa

Alternative forms

• abaa

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

abaya

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