kebaya

English

Alternative forms

• kabaya, kabayah, kebayah

Etymology

From Malay kebaya, from Arabic قَبَايَة (qabāya), colloquial form of قَبَاء (qabāʔ, “tunic, gown”).

Noun

kebaya (plural kebayas)

1. A traditional blouse worn by women in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, and Southern Thailand.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:kebaya.

See also

• kebaya on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• 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

Etymology

From Malay kebaya, from Arabic قَبَايَة (qabāya), colloquial form of قَبَاء (qabāʔ, “tunic, gown”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kəˈbaja]
• Hyphenation: kê‧ba‧ya

Noun

kêbaya (first-person possessive kebayaku, second-person possessive kebayamu, third-person possessive kebayanya)

1. kebaya: a traditional blouse worn by women in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, and Southern Thailand.

Derived terms

• berkebaya

 

• kebaya encim
• kebaya kartini
• kebaya kutubaru
• kebaya lidah

 

Further reading

• “kebaya” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic قَبَايَة (qabāya), colloquial form of قَبَاء (qabāʔ, “tunic, gown”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a

Noun

kebaya (informal 1st possessive kebayaku, 2nd possessive kebayamu, 3rd possessive kebayanya)

1. kebaya: a traditional blouse worn by women in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, and Southern Thailand.

Descendants

• Indonesian: kêbaya
• → English: kebaya
• → Chinese: 可巴雅 (kěbāyǎ)

Further reading

• “kebaya” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.