Dictionary

babouche en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /bəˈbuːʃ/

Etymology

From French babouche, from Arabic بَابُوش (bābūš), from Persian پاپوش (pâpuš, “slipper”).

Meanings

1. A Turkish or Moroccan slipper having no heel.
   • BABOUCHE, S. F. (soulier des Turcs, & autres peuples orientaux,) a Shoe worn by the Turks, and other Oriental Nations. 1729, Abel Boyer, The Royal Dictionary, French and English, and English and French Extracted from the Writings of the Best Authors in Both Languages, London: J. and J. Knapton:
   • Everything that the reader of the Arabian Nights expects to find is here: […] the tunnelled passages where indolent merchants with bare feet crouch in their little kennels hung with richly ornamented saddlery and arms, or with slippers of pale citron leather and bright embroidered babouches; […] 1920, Edith Wharton, In Morocco:

Forms

Synonyms

harem slipper

Translations (22)

it babbuccia (Turkish or oriental slipper) · ja バブーシュ (Turkish or oriental slipper) · io babucho (Turkish or oriental slipper) · ar بَابُوش (Turkish or oriental slipper) · ary بلغة (Turkish or oriental slipper) · ca babutxa (Turkish or oriental slipper) · es babucha (Turkish or oriental slipper) · fi babouche-tossu (Turkish or oriental slipper) · eo babuŝo (Turkish or oriental slipper) · fa پاپوش (Turkish or oriental slipper) · pt babucha (Turkish or oriental slipper) · ary بلغة (Turkish or oriental slipper) · ru бабу́ша (Turkish or oriental slipper) · ota باشمق (Turkish or oriental slipper) · kk бәпіш (Turkish or oriental slipper) · cmn 平底拖鞋 (Turkish or oriental slipper) · de Babusche (Turkish or oriental slipper) · tr terlik (Turkish or oriental slipper) · fr babouche (Turkish or oriental slipper) · hy հողաթափեր (Turkish or oriental slipper) · arz بلغة (Turkish or oriental slipper) · arz شبشب (Turkish or oriental slipper)