kebaya
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Malay kebaya, from Arabic قَبَايَة (qabāya), colloquial form of قَبَاء (qabāʔ, “tunic, gown”).
Noun
[edit]kebaya (plural kebayas)
- A traditional blouse worn by women in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, and Southern Thailand.
Quotations
[edit]- For quotations using this term, see Citations:kebaya.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, Angus Stevenson and Georgia Hole, editors (2007), “kebaya”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 6th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Malay kebaya, from Arabic قَبَايَة (qabāya), colloquial form of قَبَاء (qabāʔ, “tunic, gown”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kêbaya (uncountable)
- kebaya: a traditional blouse worn by women in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, and Southern Thailand.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “kebaya” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Arabic قَبَايَة (qabāya), colloquial form of قَبَاء (qabāʔ, “tunic, gown”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -a
Noun
[edit]kebaya (informal 1st possessive kebayaku, 2nd possessive kebayamu, 3rd possessive kebayanya)
- kebaya: a traditional blouse worn by women in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, and Southern Thailand.
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “kebaya” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
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