جلباب

Arabic

Etymology

From Ge'ez ግልባብ (gəlbab, covering, veil, wrapper) from ገልበበ (gälbäbä, to cover, to veil, to wrap, to envelop), whereas the verbs in the Arabic root ج ل ب ب (j-l-b-b) are denominal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒil.baːb/

Noun

جِلْبَاب (jilbāb) m (plural جَلَابِيب (jalābīb))

  1. a long garment, a robe, jilbab

Declension

Descendants

  • German: Dschilbab
  • English: jilbab
  • French: jilbab
  • Indonesian: jilbab
  • Persian: جلباب (jelbāb)
  • Russian: джильбаб (džilʹbab)
  • Spanish: yilbab, djilbab, jilbab

References

  • Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, page 102
  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft, Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 53
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