abaya

English

An abaya (garment).

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈbeɪ.jə/

Noun

abaya (plural abayas)

1. Synonym of aba

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 f
• Hindi: अबाया (abāyā)
• Japanese: アバヤ (abaya)
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• Kazakh: абайя (abaiä)
• Korean: 아바야 (abaya)
• Persian: عبایه ('abâye)
• 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.

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic عَبَايَة (ʕabāya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ba.ja/

Noun

abaya f (plural abayas)

1. abaya

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Spanish

Noun

abaya f (plural abayas)

1. abaya

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Turkish

Noun

1. dative singular of aba

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Alternative forms

• abaa

Pronoun

abaya

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