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gallabiya

gallabiya is the alternative form 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 gallabiya

pluralgallabiyas

Questions about gallabiya

What is gallabiya the alternative form of?
Gallabiya is the alternative form of djellaba.

Words near gallabiya in the dictionary

  1. gallabiah
  2. gallabiahs
  3. gallabias
  4. gallabieh
  5. gallabiehs
  6. gallabiya
  7. gallabiyah
  8. gallabiyahs
  9. gallabiyas
  10. gallabiyeh
  11. gallabiyehs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gallabiya (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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