cabaz

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese cabaz. Compare Catalan cabàs, Old Occitan cabas.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cabaz m (plural cabazes)

  1. basket (container)
    Synonyms: cesta, cesto

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حقه باز (hokkabaz), from Persian حقه باز (player at cups-and-balls; juggler; pick-pocket; plotter, impostor), from Arabic حُقَّة (ḥuqqa, cup of a juggler).

Noun

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cabaz m (plural cabazi)

  1. (Moldavia (region), obsolete) a joker (man)
    • 1883, Vasile Alecsandri, Cinel-Cinel:
      Ian să vedem ce-mi mai scrie cabazul cel de Tachi?
      Let's see what that joker of Tachi is writing to me.

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Noun

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cabaz n (plural cabazuri)

  1. (Moldavia (region), obsolete) a joke, a farce
    • 1882, Mihai Eminescu, Timpul[1]:
      Timur avea un hoge caraghioz pe care îl chema Nastratin, identic cu acela ale cărui taclale și cabazuri le-a cules și le-a pus în versuri răposatul Anton Pann.
      Timur had a funny hodja named Nasreddin, identical to the one whose conversations and jokes were collected and put into verses by the late Anton Pann.

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