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tabi

tabi noun: traditional Japanese ankle socks with a separate section for the big toe.

tabi: traditional Japanese ankle socks with a separate section for the big toe
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Noun

tabi (plural tabis or tabi)

  1. Traditional Japanese ankle socks with a separate section for the big toe.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Tabi

Tabi

  1. A barangay of Boac, Marinduque, Philippines.
  2. A barangay of Gubat, Sorsogon, Philippines.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Tabi

Tabi

  1. a male-given surname.
  2. a female-given surname.

tabi meaning in Tamil

tabi in Tamil

தடிமனான பெருவிரல்

Forms of tabi

pluraltabis
pluraltabi

Origin of tabi

From Japanese 足袋 (tabi, “foot pouch”).

From a Middle English personal name derived from Old English Tæbba, of uncertain origin. possibly a nickname from Middle English tabbe 'tab, short strap'.https://www.familysearch.org/en/surname?surname=tabi

Questions about tabi

What does tabi mean?
Tabi means traditional Japanese ankle socks with a separate section for the big toe.
What is tabi in Tamil?
Tabi in Tamil is தடிமனான பெருவிரல். See Tabi meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tabi?
Tabi can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of tabi?
The plural of tabi is tabis.

Words near tabi in the dictionary

  1. tabetic
  2. tabetics
  3. tabetiform
  4. Tabgach
  5. tabhanging
  6. tabi
  7. tabia
  8. tabias
  9. Tabiawan
  10. Tabibi
  11. tabic

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: tabi (page history and authors); Tabi (page history and authors); tabi (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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