jellaba

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Moroccan Arabic جلابة (jallāba).

Noun[edit]

jellaba (plural jellabas)

  1. Alternative form of djellaba
    • 2005, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Pashazade, page 42:
      And it wasn't his suit that worried the people on the green tram, even though most of the other men wore flowing jellabas.