jellabiya

English

Etymology

From Arabic جَلَّابِيَّة (jallābiyya).

Noun

jellabiya (plural jellabiyas)

  1. Alternative form of djellaba.
    • 2024, Hisham Matar, My Friends, Random House (2025), page 175:
      He was sitting in the television room, dressed in a white jellabiya, leaning forward with his elbows on his knees, smoking a cigarette, concentrating entirely on the football match.
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