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galabiya|gaˈlaːbija|
Also gal(l)abea, -beeah, -bia, -bieh, -biyah, -biyeh, -bya.
[= Arab. jallābīya, pop. equivalent of jilbāb.]
A smock-like garment worn in Arabic-speaking Mediterranean countries.
1725J. Windus Journey to Mequinez 29 A Gelebia..is made of a course and thick wrought woollen Stuff, without Sleeves, but Holes to put their Arms thro', it reaches to their Knees, and hangs loose about their Bodies like a Sack. 1820J. G. Jackson Account of Timbuctoo 200 Their costume is a jelabea, and a belt, without shoes or head dress. 1839J. Davidson Notes Trav. Afr. 12 The jelábíyah are merely coarse sacks, with holes in them for the arms to pass through. 1892D. A. Cameron Arabic-Engl. Vocab. 45 ‘Galábiya’. 1900A. Conan Doyle Green Flag 328 Tell them to undo the man's galabeeah. 1916V. Horsley in S. Paget Sir V. Horsley (1919) 321 The small boys..are given the head-dress and a few feet of stuff for a galabea. 1921Chambers's Jrnl. 26 Mar. 265/1 A figure in a blue galabieh and a white-turbaned tarboosh. 1965Economist 2 Jan. 25/1 The [Egyptian] working man in the towns..rustles a few more notes in his trouser (no longer, let us note in passing, his galabiya) pocket. |