جبة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ج ب ب (j b b) meaning “to cut”, “to carve a well or cistern”; from the encircling and enclosing of a well or cistern comes the secondary sense “to surround”, “to envelop”, “to en-wrap”, ultimately, from Proto-Semitic *gbb (“to bend, curve, cut”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d͡ʒub.ba/

Noun

جُبَّة • (jubba) f (plural جُبَب (jubab) or جِبَاب (jibāb) or جَبَائِب (jabāʔib))

jubbah (a type of clothing worn in some Arabic lands traditionally by men)
a wrapper, cloak, coat, outer garment
(archaic) coat of mail, defensive clothing

Declension

Declension of noun **جُبَّة** (jubba)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	جُبَّة jubba	الْجُبَّة al-jubba	جُبَّة jubbat
nominative	جُبَّةٌ jubbatun	الْجُبَّةُ al-jubbatu	جُبَّةُ jubbatu
accusative	جُبَّةً jubbatan	الْجُبَّةَ al-jubbata	جُبَّةَ jubbata
genitive	جُبَّةٍ jubbatin	الْجُبَّةِ al-jubbati	جُبَّةِ jubbati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	جُبَّتَيْن jubbatayn	الْجُبَّتَيْن al-jubbatayn	جُبَّتَيْ jubbatay
nominative	جُبَّتَانِ jubbatāni	الْجُبَّتَانِ al-jubbatāni	جُبَّتَا jubbatā
accusative	جُبَّتَيْنِ jubbatayni	الْجُبَّتَيْنِ al-jubbatayni	جُبَّتَيْ jubbatay
genitive	جُبَّتَيْنِ jubbatayni	الْجُبَّتَيْنِ al-jubbatayni	جُبَّتَيْ jubbatay
plural	basic broken plural triptote‎; basic broken plural diptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	جُبَب‎; جِبَاب‎; جَبَائِب jubab‎; jibāb‎; jabāʔib	الْجُبَب‎; الْجِبَاب‎; الْجَبَائِب al-jubab‎; al-jibāb‎; al-jabāʔib	جُبَب‎; جِبَاب‎; جَبَائِب jubab‎; jibāb‎; jabāʔib
nominative	جُبَبٌ‎; جِبَابٌ‎; جَبَائِبُ jubabun‎; jibābun‎; jabāʔibu	الْجُبَبُ‎; الْجِبَابُ‎; الْجَبَائِبُ al-jubabu‎; al-jibābu‎; al-jabāʔibu	جُبَبُ‎; جِبَابُ‎; جَبَائِبُ jubabu‎; jibābu‎; jabāʔibu
accusative	جُبَبًا‎; جِبَابًا‎; جَبَائِبَ jubaban‎; jibāban‎; jabāʔiba	الْجُبَبَ‎; الْجِبَابَ‎; الْجَبَائِبَ al-jubaba‎; al-jibāba‎; al-jabāʔiba	جُبَبَ‎; جِبَابَ‎; جَبَائِبَ jubaba‎; jibāba‎; jabāʔiba
genitive	جُبَبٍ‎; جِبَابٍ‎; جَبَائِبَ jubabin‎; jibābin‎; jabāʔiba	الْجُبَبِ‎; الْجِبَابِ‎; الْجَبَائِبِ al-jubabi‎; al-jibābi‎; al-jabāʔibi	جُبَبِ‎; جِبَابِ‎; جَبَائِبِ jubabi‎; jibābi‎; jabāʔibi

Descendants

Andalusian Arabic: جبة (gubbah)
- → Old Galician-Portuguese: aljuba
  - Portuguese: aljuba
- → Old Spanish: aljuba
  - Spanish: aljuba
    - ⇒ Spanish: juba (variant)
      - ⇒ Spanish: jubón (augmentative)
  - → Old Italian: giuppa
    - Italian: giubba (see there for further descendants)
    - → Catalan: gipó
    - → Romanian: șubă
    - → Middle French: jupe
      - French: jupe (see there for further descendants)
        ⇒ French: jupette
        → English: jupette
      - → Middle English: jupe (see there for further descendants)
      - → Russian: ю́бка (júbka) (with diminutive suffix)
      - ⇒ Middle French: jupon
        French: jupon (see there for further descendants)
        
        → Middle English: jupon (see there for further descendants)
    - → Middle High German: joppe, schoppe
      - Alemannic German: Tschoope, Schoope (Thurgau, Schaffhausen, Zürich), Tschoop (Graubünden), Tschoop
      - German: Joppe
        Estonian: jope
    - ⇒ Old Italian: giuppone
      - → Portuguese: gibão
        → Japanese: 襦袢 (juban)
      - Balto-Slavic languages
        → Belarusian: жупа́н (župán)
        
        → Czech: župan
        
        → Lithuanian: žiponas
        
        → Polish: żupan
        
        → Russian: жупан (župan)
        
        → Serbo-Croatian:
        Cyrillic script: жупан
        
        Latin script: župan
        
        → Slovak: župan
        
        → Ukrainian: жупа́н (župán)
      - Turkic languages
        → Chagatai: چپان (çapan), چاپان (çapan)
        
        → Kazakh: шапан (şapan)
        
        → Kyrgyz: жупан (jupan)
        
        → Tatar: жупан (jupan), → Tatar: чапан (çapan)
        
        → Ottoman Turkish: چپان (çapan), چاپان (çapan)
        
        → Uzbek: chopon
      - → Venetan: zipon, zipón
        → Byzantine Greek: ζιπόνιν (zipónin), ζιπούνιν (zipoúnin)
        Greek: ζιπούνι (zipoúni)
        
        → Russian: зипун (zipun)
- → Persian: جبه (jobbe)
- → Tibetan: ཕྱུ་པ (phyu pa) (see there for further descendants)
- → Ottoman Turkish: جبه (cübbe) (see there for further descendants)
→ English: jubbah, djibba, djibbah, jibba, jibbah, jubba, jubbeh
→ Malay: jubah
- Indonesian: jubah
→ Japanese: ジュッバ (jubba)

References

Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1845) Dictionnaire détaillé des noms des vêtements chez les arabes‎^[1] (in French), Amsterdam: Jean Müller, →DOI, pages 107–117
Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “جبة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 370–372.