cabaya
English
Noun
cabaya (plural cabayas)
- (historical) A long Muslim cotton over-gown.
References
- Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “cabaya”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].
Portuguese
Etymology
From Arabic قَبَايَة (qabāya), colloquial form of قَبَاء (qabāʾ, “tunic, gown”).
Noun
cabaya f (plural cabayas)
- Obsolete spelling of cabaia