dabbaba
dabbaba noun: a fairy chess piece that jumps two squares orthogonally (i.e. not diagonally), leaping over any intermediate piece.
Noun
dabbaba (plural dabbabas)
- A fairy chess piece that jumps two squares orthogonally (i.e. not diagonally), leaping over any intermediate piece.
Forms of dabbaba
| plural | dabbabas |
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Origin of dabbaba
Borrowed from Arabic دَبَّابَة (dabbāba, “a kind of siege engine”).
Questions about dabbaba
- What does dabbaba mean?
- Dabbaba means a fairy chess piece that jumps two squares orthogonally (i.e. not diagonally), leaping over any intermediate piece.
- What part of speech is dabbaba?
- Dabbaba is a noun.
- What is the plural of dabbaba?
- The plural of dabbaba is dabbabas.
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