Definition
A variant spelling of djellaba, a loose, hooded garment traditional to North Africa and the Middle East.
Etymology
From Arabic 'jilbāb,' with the spelling 'djellab' representing another European transliteration variant. This particular spelling was common in French colonial texts and documentation.
Kelly Says
The word 'djellaba' traveled into European languages through direct contact with North African cultures—you can track colonialism's history through how each nation spelled it, from French 'djellaba' to Spanish 'djellaba' to English 'jellaba,' showing how languages compete to define borrowed words.
Translations
BNবাংলা
ডজেলাবা
dʒɛˈlaːba
CACatalà
djellaba
dʒɛˈlaːba
CSČeština
djellaba
dʒɛˈlaːba
DADansk
djellaba
dʒɛˈlaːba
DEDeutsch
Djellaba
dʒɛˈlaːba
ELΕλληνικά
τζελαβά
d͡ʒɛ.la.va
ESEspañol
djellab
dʒɛˈlaβ
FISuomi
djellaba
dʒɛˈlaːba
FRFrançais
djellaba
dʒɛ.la.ba
HEעברית
דג'לאבה
dʒɛˈlaːva
HIहिन्दी
दजेलाबा
dʒɛˈlaːbaː
HUMagyar
djellaba
dʒɛˈlaːba
IDBahasa Indonesia
djellaba
dʒɛˈlaːba
ITItaliano
djellaba
dʒɛˈlaːba
MSBahasa Melayu
djellaba
dʒɛˈlaːba
MYမြန်မာ
ဒဂျဲလာဘာ
da-d͡ʒɛ.laː.ba
NLNederlands
djellaba
dʒɛˈlaːba
NONorsk
djellaba
dʒɛˈlaːba
PLPolski
djellaba
dʒɛˈlaːba
PTPortuguês
djellaba
ʒɛ.ˈla.bɐ
RORomână
djellaba
dʒɛˈlaːba
RUРусский
джеллаба
dʒɛˈllaːba
SVSvenska
djellaba
dʒɛˈlaːba
SWKiswahili
djellaba
dʒɛˈlaːba
TAதமிழ்
ஜெல்லாபா
d͡ʒɛ.laː.paː
TEతెలుగు
జెల్లబా
d͡ʒɛ.laː.baː
THไทย
ดเจลลาบา
d͡ʒɛː.laː.ba
TRTürkçe
djellaba
dʒɛˈlaːba
UKУкраїнська
джеллаба
dʒɛˈlaːba
VITiếng Việt
djellaba
dʒɛˈlaːba
ZUZU
ijellaba
iˈdʒɛ.laː.ba