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aba

Pronunciation: [ˈɒbɒ]

“aba” is a Hungarian word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a thick, coarse, fulled cloth, typically woven from the wool of sheep or goats, usually undyed and of lower quality
  2. an (upper) garment made of this cloth

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish عبا (abâ, “aba, a stout woollen cloth; a cloak or jacket made of this cloth”) (compare Bulgarian аба́ (abá), Romanian aba, Serbo-Croatian aba /аба), from Arabic عَبَاءَة (ʕabāʔa, “cloak, frock”). First attested in 1556.

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