فرجية
Egyptian Arabic
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish فراجه (ferece, ferace), from Byzantine Greek φορεσιά (phoresiá) – still Greek φορεσιά (foresiá), φόρεμα (fórema) –, from φέρω (phérō, “to bear”).
Noun
فَرَجِيَّة • (farajiyya) (plural فَرَاجِيّ (farājiyy))
- a kind of robe, floating and with long sleeves, ferace
References
- Blažek, Václav (2009), “Slavonic languages”, in Versteegh, Kees, editor, Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, volume 4, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 266
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “فرجية”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 248
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1845) Dictionnaire détaillé des noms des vêtements chez les arabes (in French), Amsterdam: Jean Müller, pages 327-334
- Vollers, Karl (1897), “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 51, page 299