aljuba

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic الجبة (al-gubba), from Arabic الْجُبَّة (al-jubba). First attested in the 15th century. Doublet of gibão.

Cognate with Old Spanish aljuba.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈʒu.bɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈʒu.bɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈʒu.bɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈʒu.bɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈʒu.ba/ [aʊ̯ˈʒu.ba]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈʒu.bɐ/ [aɫˈʒu.βɐ]

• Rhymes: -ubɐ
• Hyphenation: al‧ju‧ba

Noun

aljuba f (plural aljubas)

1. jerkin

Spanish

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic جبة (al-gubba), from Arabic جُبَّة (jubba). Doublet of chupa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈxuba/ [alˈxu.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -uba
• Syllabification: al‧ju‧ba

Noun

aljuba f (plural aljubas)

1. doublet (clothing)

Further reading

• “aljuba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16