orbace
Italian edit
Etymology edit
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]
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Noun edit
orbace m (plural orbaci)
- a rough woollen cloth typical of Sardinia
- (historical, figurative) the uniform of the Italian National Fascist Party
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Sardinian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic الْبَزّ (al-bazz, “cloth”), perhaps via Old Italian albace, albagio.[1] Compare Logudorese arvatze, and Campidanese orbaci.
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Noun edit
orbace m (uncountable) (Nuorese)
References edit
- Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
- ^ Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “albáke”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg