abaya

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Canada):

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Noun

abaya (plural abayas)

1. Synonym of aba
   • 2023 August 28, Aurelien Breeden, “France to Ban Full-Length Muslim Robes in Public Schools”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     France will bar children in public schools from wearing the abaya, a loosefitting, full-length robe worn by some Muslim women, the government said this week.

Translations

coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair

• Arabic: عَبَايَة f (ʕabāya), عَبَاءَة f (ʕabāʔa)
• Armenian: աբա (hy) (aba)
• Dutch: aba (nl) m
• Esperanto: abajo
• French: abaya (fr) f
• Georgian: აბაია (abaia)
• German: Abaya f
• Hindi: अबाया (abāyā)
• Japanese: アバーヤ (abāya), アバーア (abāa)
• 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.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَبَايَة (ʕabāya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ba.ja/

Noun

abaya f (plural abayas)

1. abaya

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic عَبَايَة (ʕabāya), alternative form of عَبَاءَة (ʕabāʔa, “cloak”), derived from the root ع ب ء (ʕ b ʔ).

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: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic عَبَايَة (ʕabāya), alternative form of عَبَاءَة (ʕabāʔa, “cloak”), derived from the root ع ب ء (ʕ b ʔ).

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

Norwegian Bokmål

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

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic عَبَايَة (ʕabāya), alternative form of عَبَاءَة (ʕabāʔa, “cloak. frock”), derived from the root ع ب ء (ʕ b ʔ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbaja/

• Audio:

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• 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

Spanish

Noun

abaya f (plural abayas)

1. abaya

Turkish

Noun

abaya

1. dative singular of aba

Xhosa

Alternative forms

• abaa

Etymology

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Pronoun

abaya

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