xhybe

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish جبه (cübbe).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒybe/, (archaic) /d͡ʒyˈbe/
  • Rhymes: -ybe, -e

Noun

xhybe f (plural xhybe, definite xhybja or (archaic) xhybeja)

  1. jubbah, worn especially by dervishes and imams
  2. A long sleeveless women's gown loose near the feet.
    Hypernym: pallto
  3. (figurative, derogatory) cover to conceal true intentions

References

  • “xhybe”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 2202b
  • Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “xhybe”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 516
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “xhybe”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 571b
  • Meyer, G. (1891) “džubɛ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 82