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Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish جبه (cübbe).
Pronunciation
Noun
xhybe f (plural xhybe, definite xhybja or (archaic) xhybeja)
- jubbah, worn especially by dervishes and imams
- A long sleeveless women's gown loose near the feet.
- Hypernym: pallto
- (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