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Where does “aba” come from?

aba (Hungarian) comes from Ottoman Turkish عبا, from Arabic عَبَاءَة — woollen tunic; cloak.

Ancestry of “aba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishعباcloak; aba
2Arabicعَبَاءَةwoollen tunic; cloak
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