جبة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ج ب ب‎ (j-b-b) meaning “to cut”, “to carve a well or cistern”; from the encircling and enclosing of a well or cistern comes the secondary sense “to surround”, “to envelop”, “to en-wrap”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d͡ʒub.ba/

Noun

جُبَّة • (jubba) f (plural جُبَب‎ (jubab) or جِبَاب‎ (jibāb) or جَبَائِب‎ (jabāʾib))

jubbah (a type of clothing worn in some Arabic lands traditionally by men)
a wrapper, cloak, coat, outer garment
(archaic) coat of mail, defensive clothing

Declension

Declension of noun جُبَّة (jubba)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جُبَّة jubba	الْجُبَّة‎ al-jubba	جُبَّة jubbat
Nominative	جُبَّةٌ jubbatun	الْجُبَّةُ‎ al-jubbatu	جُبَّةُ jubbatu
Accusative	جُبَّةً jubbatan	الْجُبَّةَ‎ al-jubbata	جُبَّةَ jubbata
Genitive	جُبَّةٍ jubbatin	الْجُبَّةِ‎ al-jubbati	جُبَّةِ jubbati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جُبَّتَيْن‎ jubbatayn	الْجُبَّتَيْن‎ al-jubbatayn	جُبَّتَيْ‎ jubbatay
Nominative	جُبَّتَانِ‎ jubbatāni	الْجُبَّتَانِ‎ al-jubbatāni	جُبَّتَا‎ jubbatā
Accusative	جُبَّتَيْنِ‎ jubbatayni	الْجُبَّتَيْنِ‎ al-jubbatayni	جُبَّتَيْ‎ jubbatay
Genitive	جُبَّتَيْنِ‎ jubbatayni	الْجُبَّتَيْنِ‎ al-jubbatayni	جُبَّتَيْ‎ jubbatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote‎; basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جُبَب‎‎; جِبَاب‎‎; جَبَائِب‎ jubab‎; jibāb‎; jabāʾib	الْجُبَب‎‎; الْجِبَاب‎‎; الْجَبَائِب‎ al-jubab‎; al-jibāb‎; al-jabāʾib	جُبَب‎‎; جِبَاب‎‎; جَبَائِب‎ jubab‎; jibāb‎; jabāʾib
Nominative	جُبَبٌ‎‎; جِبَابٌ‎‎; جَبَائِبُ‎ jubabun‎; jibābun‎; jabāʾibu	الْجُبَبُ‎‎; الْجِبَابُ‎‎; الْجَبَائِبُ‎ al-jubabu‎; al-jibābu‎; al-jabāʾibu	جُبَبُ‎‎; جِبَابُ‎‎; جَبَائِبُ‎ jubabu‎; jibābu‎; jabāʾibu
Accusative	جُبَبًا‎‎; جِبَابًا‎‎; جَبَائِبَ‎ jubaban‎; jibāban‎; jabāʾiba	الْجُبَبَ‎‎; الْجِبَابَ‎‎; الْجَبَائِبَ‎ al-jubaba‎; al-jibāba‎; al-jabāʾiba	جُبَبَ‎‎; جِبَابَ‎‎; جَبَائِبَ‎ jubaba‎; jibāba‎; jabāʾiba
Genitive	جُبَبٍ‎‎; جِبَابٍ‎‎; جَبَائِبَ‎ jubabin‎; jibābin‎; jabāʾiba	الْجُبَبِ‎‎; الْجِبَابِ‎‎; الْجَبَائِبِ‎ al-jubabi‎; al-jibābi‎; al-jabāʾibi	جُبَبِ‎‎; جِبَابِ‎‎; جَبَائِبِ‎ jubabi‎; jibābi‎; jabāʾibi

Descendants

Romance and Germanic

→ Italian: giubba
- → French: jupe
  - → English: jupe
  - → German: Juppe, Joppe
  - → Spanish: chupa

Baltic and Slavic

→ Lithuanian: žiponas
→ Belarusian: жупа́н (župán)
→ Czech: župan
→ Polish: żupan
→ Russian: жупа́н (župán)
→ Serbo-Croatian: жу̀па̄н
→ Slovak: župan
→ Ukrainian: жупа́н (župán)

Do not confuse this word with the administrative rank župan homonymous in the Slavic languages!
Turkic

→ Kazakh: шапан (şapan)
→ Kyrgyz: жупан (cupan)
→ Ottoman Turkish: چپان‎,‎ چاپان‎
→ Tatar: жупан (jupan)
→ Turkish: cübbe, cepken
→ Uzbek: chopon

Sino-Tibetan

→ Tibetan: ཆུ་པ (chu pa), ཕྱུ་པ (phyu pa)

References

Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1845) Dictionnaire détaillé des noms des vêtements chez les arabes‎ (in French), Amsterdam: Jean Müller, pages 107–117
Lane, Edward William (1863), “جبة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 370–372

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