chuba
chuba noun: a long sheepskin coat made of thick wool, worn by Tibetans.
Noun
chuba (plural chubas)
- A long sheepskin coat made of thick wool, worn by Tibetans.
- DRESSED in a pale blue, floor-length chuba, Paige Wilson silently mouthed a paragraph-long greeting, in Tibetan, that she was about to deliver to the Dalai Lama.2007 November 4, Shaila Dewan, “Emory's Little Tibet”, in New York Times
Proper noun capitalized: Chuba
Chuba (plural Chubas)
- A surname from Ukrainian.
Forms of chuba
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | chubas |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Chubas |
Origin of chuba
Borrowed from Tibetan ཕྱུ་པ (phyu pa), from Arabic جُبَّة (jubba). Doublet of jupe and jubbah.
Borrowed from Ukrainian Чуба (Čuba).
Questions about chuba
- What does chuba mean?
- Chuba means a long sheepskin coat made of thick wool, worn by Tibetans.
- What part of speech is chuba?
- Chuba can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of chuba?
- The plural of chuba is chubas.
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