| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| djellaba |
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| SYLLABICATION: | djel·la·ba |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  j -lä b |
| VARIANT FORMS: | or djel·la·bah also jel·la·ba or ga·la·bi·a (-b -) |
| NOUN: | A long, loose, hooded garment with full sleeves, worn especially in Muslim countries. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, from Arabic jall b ya, from jallb, attractive, from jalaba, to bring, fetch. See glb in Appendix II.
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