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Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese cabaz. Compare Catalan cabàs, Old Occitan cabas.
Pronunciation
Noun
cabaz m (plural cabazes)
- basket (container)
- Synonyms: cesta, cesto
Derived terms
Romanian
Etymology
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
cabaz m (plural cabazi)
- (Moldavia (region), obsolete) a joker (man)
Declension
Noun
cabaz n (plural cabazuri)
- (Moldavia (region), obsolete) a joke, a farce
1882, Mihai Eminescu, Timpul: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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