abaya

abaya

English

An abaya (garment).

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈbeɪ.jə/

• Audio (CA)

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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 (ʿabāya), عَبَاءَة‎ f (ʿabāʾa) Armenian: աբա (hy) (aba) Dutch: aba (nl) m Esperanto: abajo French: abaya (fr) f Georgian: აბაია (abaia) German: Abaya f Hindi: अबाया (abāyā) Japanese: アバヤ (abaya) Kazakh: абайя (abaiä) Korean: 아바야 (abaya) Norwegian: Bokmål: abaya m Persian: عبایه‎ ('abâye) Polish: abaja (pl) f 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 Arabic عَبَايَة‎ (ʿabāya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ba.ja/

Noun

abaya f (plural abayas)

1. abaya

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Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic عَبَايَة‎ (ʿabāya), alternative form of عَبَاءَة‎ (ʿabāʾa, “cloak”), derived from the root ع ب ء‎ (ʿ b ʾ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈabaja]
• Hyphenation: aba‧ya

Noun

abaya (first-person possessive abayaku, second-person possessive abayamu, third-person possessive abayanya)

1. abaya, aba.

Further reading

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

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Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic عَبَايَة‎ (ʿabāya), alternative form of عَبَاءَة‎ (ʿabāʾa, “cloak”), derived from the root ع ب ء‎ (ʿ b ʾ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈba.ja/
• Rhymes: -aja
• Hyphenation: a‧bà‧ya

Noun

abaya f (invariable)

1. (neologism, Islam) abaya, aba

Further reading

• abaya in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Norwegian Bokmål

Kvinne ikledd abaya og nikab. — Woman dressed in abaya and niqab.

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic عَبَايَة‎ (ʿabāya), alternative form of عَبَاءَة‎ (ʿabāʾa, “cloak. frock”), derived from the root ع ب ء‎ (ʿ b ʾ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbaja/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aja
• Hyphenation: ab‧ay‧a

Noun

abaya m (definite singular abayaen, indefinite plural abayaer, definite plural abayaene)

1. (Islam) an abaya, 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 head
   • 2001 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

See also

• chador (“chador”), burka (“burka”), hijab (“hijab”), kaftan (“kaftan”)

References

• “abaya” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “abaya” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “abaya” in Store norske leksikon

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Spanish

Noun

abaya f (plural abayas)

1. abaya

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Turkish

Noun

abaya

1. dative singular of aba

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Xhosa

Alternative forms

• abaa

Etymology

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Pronoun

abaya

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