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Meaning of "djellaba" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DJELLABA

From Arabic jallabah.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF DJELLABA

ˈdʒɛləbə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DJELLABA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Djellaba is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DJELLABA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Djellaba

Djellaba /dʒɨˈlɑːbə/ (Arabic: (جلابة)) (also djellabah, galabiya, jellāb(a)) is a Berber traditional long, loose-fitting unisex outer robe with full sleeves worn in the Maghreb region of North Africa and in Arabic-speaking countries along the Mediterranean. Traditionally djellabas are made of wool in different shapes and colors though nowadays lightweight textile djellabas have replaced wool djellabas in emigrant communities in the West, e.g., Paris, Brussels, et cetera. Among the Berbers, or Imazighen, such as Imilchil in the Atlas Mountains, the color of a djellaba indicates the marital status (single or married) of the bearer—a dark brown djellaba indicating bachelorhood. Traditionally, djellabas reached down to the ground but the lightweight textile djellabas are somewhat slimmer and shorter. Men often wear a light-colored djellaba sometimes along with a red fez hat and soft yellow slippers (balgha, Arabic: بلغه, or babouche) for religious celebrations and weddings. Almost all djellabas of both styles (male or female) include a baggy hood called a qob (Arabic: قب) that comes to a point at the back.

Definition of djellaba in the English dictionary

The definition of djellaba in the dictionary is a kind of loose cloak with a hood, worn by men esp in North Africa and the Middle East.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DJELLABA

Akaba · Annaba · Aqaba · aucuba · dagoba · djellabah · jellaba · jellabah · mastaba · mastabah · shillaber · Taraba · wallaba · yerba

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DJELLABA

dizzy spell · dizzying · dizzyingly · dj · Djailolo · Djaja · Djajapura · Djakarta · Djambi · Djawa · djebel · djellabah · djembe · Djerba · DJIA · Djibouti · Djilas · djinn · djinni · djinny

WORDS THAT END LIKE DJELLABA

aba · Addis Ababa · Ali Baba · araba · baba · Banaba · Caaba · casaba · cassaba · dagaba · Indaba · jaboticaba · Kaaba · Lualaba · Orizaba · Pico de Orizaba · Saba · Shaba · Sorocaba · yaba

Synonyms and antonyms of djellaba in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «djellaba» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DJELLABA

Find out the translation of djellaba to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of djellaba from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «djellaba» in English.
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Translator English - Chinese

djellaba
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

chilaba
570 millions of speakers
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English

djellaba
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

djellaba
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جلباب
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

джеллабе
278 millions of speakers
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djellaba
270 millions of speakers
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djellaba
260 millions of speakers
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djellaba
220 millions of speakers
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Djellaba
190 millions of speakers
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djellaba
180 millions of speakers
ja

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djellaba
130 millions of speakers
ko

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djellaba
85 millions of speakers
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85 millions of speakers
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djellaba
80 millions of speakers
ta

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djellaba
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

Djellaba
75 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Turkish

Djellaba
70 millions of speakers
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djellaba
65 millions of speakers
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djellaba
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

джеллабе
40 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Romanian

djellaba
30 millions of speakers
el

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djellaba
15 millions of speakers
af

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djellaba
14 millions of speakers
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djellaba
10 millions of speakers
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djellaba
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of djellaba

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DJELLABA»

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DJELLABA»

Discover the use of djellaba in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to djellaba and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Teens in Morocco
More traditional Moroccan women head out only to shop for specific items or to take their children to a park. These women almost always wear a djellaba and a headscarf when they are in public. Younger people, including students and young ...
Sandy Donovan, 2008
2
Mullah Nasruddin in Marrakech
Djellaba. A man approached Mullah Nasruddin in Djemaa El Fna and started to tell his life story. He said he was once a wealthy man. He was married, had children, used to go on expensive holidays, fine restaurants, had nice cars and had a ...
Mansoor Shah, 2010
3
The Road to Lancaster Manor
As she was withdrawing her money from her bag, Baily noticed that the vendor had switched the djellaba. He actually had the nerve to try to give Baily a different djellaba! That's when she tore into him saying that he was a bloody dishonest ...
Wes Henderson, 2012
4
The Man in the Cage
Habdid el Kazim and the man in the gray djellaba both were voicing vehement objections. The sheikh listened impassively. When they had finished he spoke a curt sentence. The discussion was closed. Habdid el Kazim and the man in the ...
Jack Vance, 1960
5
Master and Disciple: The Cultural Foundations of Moroccan ...
The djellaba almost reaches the ground on his right side. Its folds are hiked up a bit on the left and reveal a pair of balgha on his feet. A thick beard covers his face . Si Tayeb's head is tilted slightly toward the right and covered by the hood of the  ...
Abdellah Hammoudi, 1997
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Textiles
Outer garment, djellaba Wool, cotton, silk, embroidered 88.9cmx 264 cm, 35 in x 104 in c. 1920, Rif Mountains, Morocco, Kabyle Berber group Gift of Amelia Elizabeth White A.1953.8.12 The djellaba was worn in many parts of Morocco by men ...
Bobbie Sumberg, 2010
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Textile Economies: Power and Value from the Local to the ...
Side view of hooded djellaba. Photo by John Napora. 10.2). It is woven on a horizontal floor loom by two men, a master weaver (m'allemderraz) and his worker, who may be an apprentice but today seldom is. Wazzan has long been famous for ...
Walter E. Little, Patricia Ann McAnany, 2011
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The Mysterious Plus:
59: cachabia and djellaba: no hewn stumps to make ascending their trunks easier. Compare Gide's description of the climbing of a cultivated palm in The Immoralist: The Arab youth “climbed to the top of a pollarded [a cultivated tree with its top ...
William Tarvin, 2013
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Voices of Resistance: Oral Histories of Moroccan Women
bismillah bled caid Carrieres centrales dada dahir dirham djellaba douar Doustour rights and responsibilities of the Sultan and the population. Each year there is a ceremony to renew the bey 'a: Leaders from all the provinces come to the ...
Alison Baker, 1998
10
Women in Beckett: Performance and Critical Perspectives
figure in the priestly djellaba, face averted, listens as though to an analysand, with sympathy, with "'helpless compassion'' (14), silently urging Mouth to staunch her verbal flow with an object-representation — an "I" — however fictional and ...
Linda Ben-Zvi, 1992

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DJELLABA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term djellaba is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bouchra Jarrar Fall 2015 Couture
Her opening look—a silk striped coat with a hint of djellaba about it (maybe a memory of Jarrar's North African heritage, there?)—was ... «Vogue.com, Jul 15»
2
Le réveil des conservateurs
Même quand on y va en foulard et djellaba, tenue traditionnelle qui protège a priori du harcèlement «ordinaire», on doit affronter les regards ... «L'Observateur du Maroc, Jul 15»
3
Life, a Lifestyle Collection by Muriel Brandolini
From the Life by Muriel Brandolini collection: straw hat, Murano-glass cup, print throw pillow, shoes, cotton sun hat and silk-taffeta djellaba dress. By Francesco ... «Vanity Fair, Jun 15»
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Grenoble attack: Man found beheaded and Islamist flag raised …
"These people may say they are Muslims but they are not," said Mehdi, who was dressed in a long white djellaba and who said he lived around ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
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'Wolf in sheep's clothing': Suspect in French attack
At the time he wore a beard and a traditional North African robe called a djellaba. But apart from his appearance there was nothing concrete to ... «i24news, Jun 15»
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Art: What's on in Melbourne's galleries, including Anne Zahalka and …
Female and male characters make elusive appearances, bedecked in Djellaba and Berber robes, their faces obscured by hoods or the turn of a ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jun 15»
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Total Depravity: Christian Carnage and Western Indifference
... matches the description given by a witness, a cemetery employee, who came across the man dressed in a white djellaba [Arab/Muslim garb], ... «FrontPage Magazine, Jun 15»
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That Tears Might Fall, a short story by Mary Russell
He came to me in his grubby djellaba and said: “ Write it down, what they did to us here so that it never happens again.” So I wrote it down in my ... «Irish Times, Jun 15»
9
"Islamic! Islamic!"
... matches the description given by a witness, a cemetery employee, who came across the man dressed in a white djellaba [Arab/Muslim garb], ... «Gatestone Institute, Jun 15»
10
Inside the Oldest, Most Exclusive Dance Party in the World
While no one looks at a watch, around midnight each night, the djellaba-clad MMJ take the stage and launch into the first number. The more ... «RollingStone.com, Jun 15»
REFERENCE
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