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galabia

or ga·la·bi·ya, ga·la·bi·yah, ga·la·bi·eh

[ juh-lah-bee-uh ]

noun



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Word History and Origins

Origin of galabia1

First recorded in 1715–25, galabia is from the Egyptian Arabic word gallabīyah
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Example Sentences

In his brown galabia, his hands calloused from work in the fields, he sat on the pavement in a mental state somewhere between euphoria and anxiety.

From Reuters

He wears a striped galabia and a look of exhaustion.

When he goes back to Mit Abu al Kom, though, Sadat on occasion likes to change from city clothes into the comfortable flowing galabia, the cotton peasant garment that looks like a nightshirt.

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