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thobe

/θəʊb/

thobe noun: an ankle-length robe with long sleeves, worn by some Arab men and traditionally by Palestinian women.

thobe: an ankle-length robe with long sleeves, worn by some Arab men and traditionally by Palestinian women
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Noun

thobe (plural thobes)

  1. An ankle-length robe with long sleeves, worn by some Arab men and traditionally by Palestinian women.
    Synonyms:
    dishdasha, kandura, khameez, suriyah

Proper noun capitalized: Thobe

Thobe (plural Thobes)

  1. A surname from German.

Synonyms of thobe

Forms of thobe

Noun
pluralthobes
alternative formthawb
alternative formthoub
Proper noun
pluralThobes

Origin of thobe

Arabic ثَوْب (ṯawb).

Borrowed from North German Thobe.

Words that rhyme with thobe

2 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about thobe

What does thobe mean?
Thobe means an ankle-length robe with long sleeves, worn by some Arab men and traditionally by Palestinian women.
What part of speech is thobe?
Thobe can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce thobe?
Thobe is pronounced /θəʊb/.
What is the plural of thobe?
The plural of thobe is thobes.

Words near thobe in the dictionary

  1. thoa
  2. thoan
  3. thob
  4. thobbed
  5. thobbing
  6. thobe
  7. thobes
  8. thobs
  9. thock
  10. thocked
  11. thocking

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