"babouche" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /bəˈbuːʃ/ Forms: babouches [plural]
Rhymes: -uːʃ Etymology: From French babouche, from Arabic بَابُوش (bābūš), from Persian پاپوش (pâpuš, “slipper”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ped-}}, {{bor|en|fr|babouche}} French babouche, {{der|en|ar|بَابُوش}} Arabic بَابُوش (bābūš), {{der|en|fa|پاپوش||slipper|tr=pâpuš}} Persian پاپوش (pâpuš, “slipper”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} babouche (plural babouches)
  1. A Turkish or Moroccan slipper having no heel. Categories (topical): Footwear Synonyms: harem slipper Translations (Turkish or oriental slipper): بَابُوش (bābūš) [masculine] (Arabic), شبشب (šebšeb) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), بلغة (bulḡa) [Egyptian-Arabic, archaic, feminine] (Arabic), بلغة (bulḡa) [Moroccan-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), بلغة (balḡa) [Moroccan-Arabic] (Arabic), հողաթափեր (hoġatʻapʻer) (Armenian), 平底拖鞋 (píngdǐ tuōxié) (Chinese Mandarin), babuŝo (Esperanto), babouche-tossu (Finnish), babouche [feminine] (French), Babusche [feminine] (German), babucho (Ido), バブーシュ (babūshu) (Japanese), бәпіш (bäpış) (Kazakh), باشمق (başmak) (Ottoman Turkish), پاپوش (pâ-puš) (Persian), babucha [feminine] (Portuguese), бабу́ша (babúša) [feminine] (Russian), babucha [feminine] (Spanish), terlik (Turkish)

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