aljuba

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic الجبة (al-gubba), from Arabic الْجُبَّة (al-jubba). First attested in the 15th century.[1] Doublet of gibão.

Cognate with Old Spanish aljuba.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈʒu.bɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈʒu.bɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈʒu.ba/ [aʊ̯ˈʒu.ba]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈʒu.bɐ/ [aɫˈʒu.βɐ]

Rhymes: -ubɐ
Hyphenation: al‧ju‧ba

Noun

aljuba f (plural aljubas)

jerkin

References

José Pedro Machado (1995) “Aljuba”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa: com a mais antiga documentação escrita e conhecida de muitos dos vocábulos estudados (in Portuguese), 7 edition, volume I, Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, →ISBN, page 203

Spanish

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic جبة (al-gubba), from Arabic جُبَّة (jubba). Doublet of chupa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /alˈxuba/ [alˈxu.β̞a]
Rhymes: -uba
Syllabification: al‧ju‧ba

Noun

aljuba f (plural aljubas)

doublet (clothing)

Further reading

“aljuba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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