Georgian edit

Etymology edit

Ultimately from Arabic قَبَاء (qabāʔ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kʼaba/
  • Hyphenation: კა‧ბა

Noun edit

კაბა (ḳaba) (plural კაბები)

  1. dress, frock

Inflection edit

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Descendants edit

  • Bats: კაბ (ḳab)
  • Mingrelian: კაბა (ḳaba)
  • Ossetian: къа́ба (k’ába, dress)
  • Svan: კაბ (ḳab)

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “կապայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 521b