sabata

Of unknown origin. Possibly from Tatar чабата (çabata, “overshoes”), ultimately either from Ottoman Turkish چاپوت (çaput, çapıt, “patchwork, tatters”), from Ottoman Turkish چاپمق (çapmak, “to slap on”), or of Iranian origin, cognate with modern Persian چپت (čapat, “a kind of traditional leather shoe”).

Influenced by Old French bot savate. Cognate with Spanish zapata.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [səˈβa.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [səˈba.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [saˈba.ta]

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sabata f (plural sabates)

1. shoe

• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

• “sabata”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “sabata”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “sabata” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “sabata” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

A borrowing introduced by the missionaries, but from an unclear source; probably Latin sabbatum or its source, Ancient Greek σάββατον (sábbaton).

• IPA^(key): /sáˈɓa.ta/
• IPA^(key): /saˈɓa.tá/ (Southern Region)

sábata class 5 (plural masábata class 6)

1. week

   Synonym: mlungu

sábata class 9 (plural sábata class 10)

1. sabbath (in Christianity, Sunday)

• Lasabata (“Sunday”)

• subatu

From Latin sabbata, from sabbatum. Cognate with Romanian sâmbătă, Friulian sabide, Ladin sabeda, Romansch sonda, Italian sabato, French samedi, Spanish sábado.

sabata

1. Saturday

sabata

1. abessive singular of saba