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 (qabāʔ, “tunic, gown”).

Noun

cabaya f (plural cabayas)

Obsolete spelling of cabaia

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