Aba
Pronunciation
- RP IPA: /əˈbÉ‘Ë/
- GenAm IPA: /əˈbɑ/
Origin 1
From Arabic عَبَاءَة. Compare abaya.
Alternative forms
Full definition of aba
Noun
aba
(plural abas)- A coarse, often striped, fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair.
- A loose-fitting sleeveless garment, made from aba or silk, worn by Arabs. First attested in the early 19th century.
- 1957, Lawrence Durrell, Justine:Here Nessim would sit night after night in the winter, dressed in his old rust-coloured abba, staring gravely at Betelgeuse, or hovering over books of calculations for all the world like a medieval soothsayer.
Synonyms
Pronunciation
- US IPA: /ˈæ.bə/
Origin 2
- From the name of its creator, the French explorer A. T. d' Abbadie.