babouche

English

Etymology

From French babouche, from Arabic بَابُوش‎ (bābūš), from Persian پاپوش‎ (pâpuš, “slipper”).

Noun

babouche (plural babouches)

  1. A Turkish or Moroccan slipper having no heel
    • 1729, Abel Boyer, The Royal Dictionary, French and English, and English and French Extracted from the Writings of the Best Authors in Both Languages‎, London: J. and J. Knapton:
      BABOUCHE, S. F. (soulier des Turcs, & autres peuples orientaux,) a Shoe worn by the Turks, and other Oriental Nations.

Translations

French

Noun

babouche f (plural babouches)

  1. babouche
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