FromArabic عَبَايَة ( ʕabāya ) . Compareaba . First attested in 1856.
abaya (plural abayas )
Synonym ofaba 2023 August 28, Aurelien Breeden, “France to Ban Full-Length Muslim Robes in Public Schools”, inThe New York Times [1] ,→ISSN :France will bar children in public schools from wearing theabaya , a loosefitting, full-length robe worn by some Muslim women, the government said this week.
coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair
loose-fitting sleeveless garment, made from abaya or silk
—see aba 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”, inThe Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles , 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.:Oxford University Press ,→ISBN , page 2. Borrowed fromArabic عَبَايَة ( ʕabāya ) .
abaya f (plural abayas )
abaya Borrowed fromArabic عَبَايَة ( ʕabāya ) , alternative form ofعَبَاءَة ( ʕabāʔa ,“ cloak ” ) . .
IPA (key ) : [ˈabaja] Hyphenation:aba‧ya abaya (plural abaya -abaya )
abaya ,aba Unadapted borrowing fromArabic عَبَايَة ( ʕabāya ) , alternative form ofعَبَاءَة ( ʕabāʔa ,“ cloak ” ) , derived from the rootع ب ء ( ʕ b ʔ ) .
abaya f (invariable )
( neologism , Islam ) abaya ,aba abaya in Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line , Istituto dell'Enciclopedia ItalianaKvinne ikleddabaya ognikab . —Woman dressed inabaya andniqab .Unadapted borrowing fromArabic عَبَايَة ( ʕabāya ) , alternative form ofعَبَاءَة ( ʕabāʔa ,“ cloak. frock ” ) , derived from the rootع ب ء ( ʕ b ʔ ) .
abaya m (definite singular abayaen ,indefinite plural abayaer ,definite plural abayaene )
( Islam ) anabaya , 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 head2001 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 “abaya” inThe Bokmål Dictionary .“abaya” inDet Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB ).“abaya ” inStore norske leksikon IPA (key ) : ( everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay ) /aˈbaʝa/ [aˈβ̞a.ʝa] IPA (key ) : ( Buenos Aires and environs ) /aˈbaʃa/ [aˈβ̞a.ʃa] IPA (key ) : ( elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay ) /aˈbaʒa/ [aˈβ̞a.ʒa]
Rhymes:-aʝa Syllabification:a‧ba‧ya abaya f (plural abayas )
abaya Borrowed fromArabic عَبَايَة ( ʕabāya ) .
abaya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜌ )
abaya ;aba ( loose-fitting sleeveless garment, made from aba or silk, specially worn by women ) “abaya ”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila,2018 abaya
dative singular ofaba (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
abaya
those over there ,yonder ;class 2 remote demonstrative.