orbace

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Etymology

From Campidanese orbaci, perhaps a borrowing from Arabic البَزّ (al-bazz, “cloth”),[1] whence also the doublet albace, albagio, which could have been the actual source of the Sardinian borrowing.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /orˈba.t͡ʃe/
  • Rhymes: -atʃe
  • Hyphenation: or‧bà‧ce

Noun

orbace m (plural orbaci)

  1. a rough woollen cloth typical of Sardinia
  2. (historical, figurative) the uniform of the Italian National Fascist Party

References

  1. ^ orbace in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  2. ^ Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “albáke”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg

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Sardinian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic الْبَزّ (al-bazz, “cloth”), perhaps via Old Italian albace, albagio.[1] Compare Logudorese arvatze, and Campidanese orbaci.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /orˈβat͡ʃi/
  • Hyphenation: or‧bà‧ci

Noun

orbace m (uncountable) (Nuorese)

  1. a rough woollen cloth

References

  • Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
  1. ^ Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “albáke”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg
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