"abaya" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈbeɪ.jə/ [General-American] Audio: en-ca-abaya.ogg [Canada] Forms: abayas [plural]
Etymology: From Arabic عَبَايَة (ʕabāya). Compare aba. First attested in 1856. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ar|عَبَايَة}} Arabic عَبَايَة (ʕabāya), {{root|en|ar|ع ب ء}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} abaya (plural abayas)
  1. Synonym of aba Wikipedia link: abaya Categories (topical): Clothing Synonyms: aba [synonym, synonym-of] Translations (coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair): عَبَايَة (ʕabāya) [feminine] (Arabic), عَبَاءَة (ʕabāʔa) [feminine] (Arabic), աբա (aba) (Armenian), aba [masculine] (Dutch), abajo (Esperanto), abaya [feminine] (French), აბაია (abaia) (Georgian), Abaya [feminine] (German), अबाया (abāyā) (Hindi), アバーヤ (abāya) (Japanese), アバーア (abāa) (Japanese), абайя (abaiä) (Kazakh), 아바야 (abaya) (Korean), abaya [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), عبایه ('abâye) (Persian), abaja [feminine] (Polish), аба́йя (abájja) [feminine] (Russian), abaya [feminine] (Spanish), abaye (Turkish), аба́я (abája) [feminine] (Ukrainian), عبایہ (abāya) (Urdu)

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