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abaya

US/əˈbeɪ.jə/

abaya noun: synonym of aba.

Noun

abaya (plural abayas)

  1. Synonym of aba.
    • France will bar children in public schools from wearing the abaya, a loosefitting, full-length robe worn by some Muslim women, the government said this week.2023 August 28, Aurelien Breeden, “France to Ban Full-Length Muslim Robes in Public Schools”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
    • Outside, Ferraris and McLarens idled in front of restaurants while men in white kanduras and women in black abayas moved through malls lined with every luxury brand on earth.2026 March 16, Richard Florida, “Could This Be the End of Dubai?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
    Synonyms:
    aba

Proper noun capitalized: Abaya

Abaya (plural Abayas)

  1. A surname from Tagalog.

abaya meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

abaya in Hindi

coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair
अबाया abāyā

abaya in Tamil

இசுலாமிய ஆடை, நீளங்கி

abaya in Urdu

coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair
عبایہ abāya

abaya in Bengali

লম্বা
More languagesFewer languages
abaya in Arabic
عَبَايَة ʕabāya, عَبَاءَة ʕabāʔa
abaya in Persian
عبایه 'abâye

Synonyms of abaya

Forms of abaya

Noun
pluralabayas
Proper noun
pluralAbayas

Origin of abaya

From Arabic عَبَايَة (ʕabāya). Compare aba. First attested in 1856.

Borrowed from Tagalog Abaya.

Words formed from abaya

Questions about abaya

What does abaya mean?
Abaya means synonym of aba.
What is abaya in Hindi?
Abaya in Hindi is अबाया (abāyā). See Abaya meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is abaya?
Abaya can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce abaya?
Abaya is pronounced /əˈbeɪ.jə/ (US).
What is the plural of abaya?
The plural of abaya is abayas.

Words near abaya in the dictionary

  1. abaxializing
  2. abaxially
  3. abaxile
  4. abaxonal
  5. abay
  6. abaya
  7. abayaed
  8. abayas
  9. Abayudaya
  10. Abaza
  11. abazi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: abaya (page history and authors); Abaya (page history and authors); abaya (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abaya (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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