# abaya
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /əˈbeɪ.jə/
* Audio (Canada):(file)

### Noun

abaya (plural abayas)
* Synonym of aba
** 2023 August 28, Aurelien Breeden, “France to Ban Full-Length Muslim Robes in Public Schools”, in The New York Times‎, →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
### 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: /a.ba.ja/

### Noun

abaya f (plural abayas)
* abaya

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَبَايَة (ʕabāya), alternative form of عَبَاءَة (ʕabāʔa, “cloak”). .

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈabaja]
* Hyphenation: aba‧ya

### Noun

abaya (first-person possessive abayaku, second-person possessive abayamu, third-person possessive abayanya)
* 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: /aˈba.ja/
* Rhymes: -aja
* Hyphenation: a‧bà‧ya

### Noun

abaya f (invariable)
* (neologism, Islam) abaya, aba

### Further reading

* abaya in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Norwegian Bokmål
### 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: /aˈbaja/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aja
* Hyphenation: ab‧ay‧a

### Noun

abaya m (definite singular abayaen, indefinite plural abayaer, definite plural abayaene)
* (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 abayaennever 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)
* abaya

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَبَايَة (ʕabāya).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔaˈbaja/ [ʔɐˈbaː.jɐ]
* Rhymes: -aja
* Syllabification: a‧ba‧ya

### Noun

abaya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜌ)
* abaya; aba (loose-fitting sleeveless garment, made from aba or silk, specially worn by women)

### Further reading

* “abaya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

## Turkish
### Noun

abaya
* dative singular of aba

## Xhosa
### Alternative forms

* abaa

### Etymology

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### Pronoun

abaya
* those over there, yonder; class 2 remote demonstrative.