aljuba

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Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic الجبة (al-gubba), from Arabic الْجُبَّة (al-jubba).

Noun

aljuba f (plural aljubas)

  1. jubbah
    • 1450, Gomes Eanes de Zurara, “Como o Autor falla nas grandes diuisoẽs que atuia antre os mouros da cidade, e das cousas q̃ acontecerom no outro anno passado” (chapter Lviij), in Cronica de tomada da Cidade de Cepta por Elrey dom Joaõ o primº, pages 123v–124r:
      […] mas aquelle / Almocadem nunqua falou palaura, antes meteo as maos de sob sua aljuba, que trazia, e a contenenca m triste, e os olhos, baixos contra a aterra sospirando muito amiude se leixou estar acerqua de duas horas, sem nunca dar nehuã reposta a cousa que lhe preguntassem.
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Descendants

  • Portuguese: aljuba

References

  • José Pedro Machado (1995) “Aljuba”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa: com a mais antiga documentação escrita e conhecida de muitos dos vocábulos estudados (in Portuguese), 7 edition, volume I, Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, →ISBN, page 203

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aljuba, from Andalusian Arabic الجبة (al-gubba), from Arabic الْجُبَّة (al-jubba). Doublet of gibão.

Cognate with Spanish aljuba.

Pronunciation

 

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

Noun

aljuba f (plural aljubas)

  1. jerkin

References

Spanish

Etymology

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

Cognate with Portuguese aljuba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alˈxuba/
  • Rhymes: -uba
  • Syllabification: al‧ju‧ba

Noun

aljuba f (plural aljubas)

  1. doublet (clothing)

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