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galabiya

galabiya is the alternative spelling of djellaba.

Meaning of djellaba

Noun

djellaba (plural djellabas)

  1. A loose-fitting, ankle-length hooded robe worn by men in North Africa.
    • Dignified gentlemen in sober djellabas, of excellent cut and material, their wives in equally sober djellabas, sat in the tea shops with their children and servants, sipping mint tea.1988, Elizabeth Warnock Fernea, A Street in Marrakech: A Personal View of Urban Women in Morocco

Forms of galabiya

pluralgalabiyas

Questions about galabiya

What is galabiya the alternative spelling of?
Galabiya is the alternative spelling of djellaba.

Words near galabiya in the dictionary

  1. galabieh
  2. galabiehs
  3. galabiose
  4. galabioses
  5. galabiosyl
  6. galabiya
  7. galabiyah
  8. galabiyahs
  9. galabiyas
  10. galacitol
  11. galactagogic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: galabiya (page history and authors); djellaba (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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