different between abaca vs abaya

English

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

• abacá, abáca, abaka, abaká

Etymology

From Spanish abacá, from the Tagalog name for the plant, abaká.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æb.??k?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æb.??k?/

Noun

abaca (countable and uncountable, plural abacas)

1. Musa textilis, a species of banana tree native to the Philippines grown for its textile, rope- and papermaking fibre. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.]

   Synonyms: Manila Hemp, Manilla hemp, textile banana

2. (uncountable) The fiber of this plant, used in rope. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.]

   Synonyms: Manila hemp, Manilla hemp

Translations

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål: abaca

References

Anagrams

• Caaba

French

Etymology

From Spanish abacá, from the Tagalog name for the plant, abaká.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ba.ka/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /a.b?.k?/

Noun

abaca m (plural abacas)

1. a banana tree, the abaca
2. Manilla hemp

   Synonyms: chanvre de Manille, tagal

Further reading

• “abaca” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.ba.ka/
• Hyphenation: à?ba?ca

Noun

abaca m (invariable)

1. Alternative form of abacà

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English abaca, from Spanish abacá (“abaca, Manilla hemp”), from Tagalog abaká (“abaca, Manilla hemp”), from Arabic ?????? (?abaq, “abaca”), from Classical Syriac ????????? (??paqt?), ?????????? (?ap?qa?t?, “de-seeded cotton”) from ????? (pqa?, “to split, to reave, to crack”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?b??ka/
• Rhymes: -??ka
• Hyphenation: a?ba?ca

Noun

abaca m (definite singular abacaen, indefinite plural abacaer, definite plural abacaene)

1. (botany) Musa textilis, a species of banana tree native to the Philippines grown for its textile, rope- and papermaking fibre.
2. abaca (the fiber of the abaca plant, used in rope)

   Synonym: manilahamp

References

• “abaca” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “abaca” in Store norske leksikon

English

Etymology

From Arabic ????????? (?ab?ya). Compare aba. First attested in 1856.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??be?.j?/

Noun

abaya (plural abayas)

1. Synonym of aba

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

From Arabic ????????? (?ab?ya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ba.ja/

Noun

abaya f (plural abayas)

1. abaya

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic ????????? (?ab?ya), alternative form of ????????? (?ab??a, “cloak”), derived from the root ? ? ?? (? b ?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?abaja]
• Hyphenation: aba?ya

Noun

abaya (first-person possessive abayaku, second-person possessive abayamu, third-person possessive abayanya)

1. abaya, aba.

Further reading

• “abaya” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic ????????? (?ab?ya), alternative form of ????????? (?ab??a, “cloak”), derived from the root ? ? ?? (? b ?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?ba.ja/
• Rhymes: -aja
• Hyphenation: a?bà?ya

Noun

abaya f (invariable)

1. (neologism, Islam) abaya, aba

References

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic ????????? (?ab?ya), alternative form of ????????? (?ab??a, “cloak. frock”), derived from the root ? ? ?? (? b ?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?baj?a/
• Rhymes: -aj?a
• Hyphenation: ab?ay?a

Noun

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

1. (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

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)

1. abaya

Turkish

Noun

abaya

1. dative singular of aba

Xhosa

Etymology

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Alternative forms

• abaa

Pronoun

abaya

1. those over there, yonder; class 2 remote demonstrative.