sabata

Catalan

Etymology

Of unknown origin. Possibly from Turkish zabata or Tatar čabata (“overshoes”), ultimately either from Turkish çapıt, çaput (“patchwork, tatters”), from Old Turkic čapmaq (“to slap on”), or of Iranian origin, from Khwarezmian čābātān (“thick boots”), cognate with modern Persian چپت.

Influenced by Old French bot savate. Cognate with Spanish zapata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [səˈβa.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [səˈba.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [saˈba.ta]

Noun

sabata f (plural sabates)

1. shoe

Further reading

• “sabata” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

References

• “sabata”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
• “sabata”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

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Chichewa

Etymology

A borrowing introduced by the missionaries, but from an unclear source; probably Latin sabbatum or its source, Ancient Greek σάββατον (sábbaton).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sáˈɓa.ta/
• IPA^(key): /saˈɓa.tá/ (Southern Region)

Noun

1. week

   Synonym: mlungu

Noun

1. sabbath (in Christianity, Sunday)

Derived terms

• Lasabata (“Sunday”)

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Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• subatu

Etymology

From Latin sabbata, from sabbatum. Cognate with Romanian sâmbătă, Friulian sabide, Ladin sabeda, Romansch sonda, Italian sabato, French samedi, Spanish sábado.

Noun

sabata

1. Saturday