kebaya
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]kebaya (plural kebayas)
- A traditional blouse worn by women in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, and Southern Thailand.
Quotations
[edit]- For quotations using this term, see Citations:kebaya.
See also
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References
[edit]- Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, Angus Stevenson and Georgia Hole, editors (2007), “kebaya”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 6th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Malay kebaya, then possibly borrowed from Portuguese cabaia, from Sinhalese කබාය (kabāya), singular form of කබා (kabā, “coats”), from Persian قب (“long garment, cloak”), from Arabic قَبَاء (qabāʔ, “garment with long sleeves”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kêbaya (plural kebaya-kebaya)
- kebaya: a traditional blouse worn by women in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, and Southern Thailand
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Hoogervorst, T. (2018), “Sailors, tailors, cooks, and crooks: On loanwords and neglected lives in Indian Ocean ports”, in Itinerario, volume 42, number 3, , pages 516–548
Further reading
[edit]- “kebaya”, 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
Malay
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Likely borrowed from Portuguese cabaia, from Sinhalese කබාය (kabāya), singular form of කබා (kabā, “coats”), from Persian قب (“long garment, cloak”), from Arabic قَبَاء (qabāʔ, “garment with long sleeves”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -a
Noun
[edit]kebaya (uncountable)
- kebaya: a traditional blouse worn by women in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, and Southern Thailand.
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Hoogervorst, T. (2018), “Sailors, tailors, cooks, and crooks: On loanwords and neglected lives in Indian Ocean ports”, in Itinerario, volume 42, number 3, , pages 516–548
Further reading
[edit]- "kebaya" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
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