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jellaba

jellaba 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 jellaba

pluraljellabas

Origin of jellaba

From Moroccan Arabic جلابة (jallāba).

Questions about jellaba

What is jellaba the alternative form of?
Jellaba is the alternative form of djellaba.

Words near jellaba in the dictionary

  1. jell
  2. jell out
  3. Jell-O
  4. Jell-O shot
  5. Jell-O shots
  6. jellaba
  7. jellabah
  8. jellabahs
  9. jellabas
  10. jellabiya
  11. jellabiyas

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