Dictionary

abaya en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /əˈbeɪ.jə/ (General-American)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. Synonym of aba.
   • Outside, Ferraris and McLarens idled in front of restaurants while men in white kanduras and women in black abayas moved through malls lined with every luxury brand on earth. 2026 March 16, Richard Florida, “Could This Be the End of Dubai?”, 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. 2023 August 28, Aurelien Breeden, “France to Ban Full-Length Muslim Robes in Public Schools”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Forms

Deriveds

abayaed

Synonyms

aba

Translations (20)

ko 아바야 (coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair) · uk аба́я (coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair) · ar عَبَايَة (coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair) · tr abaye (coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair) · pl abaja (coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair) · ja アバーア (coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair) · ja アバーヤ (coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair) · es abaya (coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair) · nl aba (coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair) · kk абайя (coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair) · de Abaya (coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair) · ka აბაია (coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair) · fr abaya (coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair) · ru аба́йя (coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair) · ur عبایہ (coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair) · fa عبایه (coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair) · hy աբա (coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair) · ar عَبَاءَة (coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair) · nb abaya (coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair) · hi अबाया (coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair)