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kebaya

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English

Syllables
ke-baya
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A traditional blouse worn by women in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, and Southern Thailand.

Etymology

Etymology tree Arabic قَبَاء (qabāʔ)bor. Persian قباءbor.? Sinhalese කබා (kabā) Sinhalese -ය (-ya) Sinhalese කබාය (kabāya)bor. Portuguese cabaiabor. Malay kebayabor. English kebaya Borrowed from Malay kebaya.

Inflected Forms

kebayas (plural) kabaya (alternative) kabayah (alternative) kebayah (alternative)

Questions

What does kebaya mean?
A traditional blouse worn by women in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, and Southern Thailand.
Where does kebaya come from?
Etymology tree Arabic قَبَاء (qabāʔ)bor. Persian قباءbor.? Sinhalese කබා (kabā) Sinhalese -ය (-ya) Sinhalese කබාය (kabāya)bor. Portuguese cabaiabor. Malay kebayabor. English kebaya Borrowed from Malay kebaya.

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