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English

Etymology

From Portuguese abada (“female rhinoceros”), from Malay badak (“rhinoceros”).

Noun

abada (plural abadas)

1. (obsolete) The rhinoceros.
2. (mythology) A herbivorous mythological creature of the Central African Congo, similar to the unicorn. Its horns are said to be an antidote to poisons, and it has brown fur, two crooked horns and a boar's tail.

Anagrams

• baaad

Bambara

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (?abad, “eternity”).

Noun

abada

1. eternity

Adverb

abada

1. always, forever

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: abadas, abadât

Verb

abada

1. third-person singular past historic of abader

Fula

Alternative forms

• abadan

Adverb

abada

1. never

Usage notes

• Used in Western Niger Fulfulde.
• faa abada means forever.

Galician

Etymology

From aba (“apron”) +? -ada (“~ful”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a??aða?/

Noun

abada f (plural abadas)

1. apronful, quantity contained in a apron or in the folds of a shirt

Related terms

• aba

References

• “abada” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “abada” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “abada” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “abada” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Ibaloi

Noun

abada

1. (anatomy) shoulder

Italian

Etymology

From Portuguese abada (“female rhinoceros”), from a bada (“the rhinoceros”), with concretion of the definite article.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?ba.da/
• Hyphenation: a?bà?da

Noun

abada m or f (feminine plural abade, masculine plural abadi)

1. Alternative form of bada (“rhinoceros”)

Moore

Etymology

From Arabic ???????? (?abadan).

Adverb

abada

1. never

Portuguese

Noun

abada f (plural abadas)

1. Alternative form of bada (“rhinoceros”)

Descendants

• ? English: abada
• ? Italian: abada
• ? Spanish: abada

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese abada, from Malay badak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?bada/, [a???a.ð?a]

Noun

abada f (plural abadas)

1. (obsolete) rhinoceros

   Synonym: rinoceronte

Further reading

• “abada” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Turkish

Noun

abada

1. locative singular of aba

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Yoruba agbádá.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /æ??b??d?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /æ??b?d?/
• Hyphenation: ag?ba?da

Noun

agbada (plural agbada or agbadas)

1. A long, flowing robe with wide sleeves worn by men in some parts of West Africa, often decorated with embroidery.

   Synonyms: (Nigeria) babanriga, boubou

Translations

References

Further reading

• agbada on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Badaga, dagaba

Krio

Etymology

From Yoruba agbádá.

Noun

agbada

1. agbada (robe worn by men in West Africa)

Yoruba

Noun

agbádá

1. agbada (robe worn by men in West Africa)

Descendants

• ? English: agbada
• ? Portuguese: abadá