A long, loose-fitting outer garment or robe traditionally worn in North Africa and the Middle East, similar to a djellaba.
From Arabic 'jallaba' or similar Maghrebi Arabic roots, transliterated into English with various spellings including 'djellaba,' 'djobbah,' and 'dschubba,' reflecting different attempts to represent the Arabic sound in Latin letters.
The wild spelling variations of this word—dschubba, djellaba, jellaba—show how hard it is to transliterate Arabic into English, and linguists still haven't agreed on a standard, so travelers and writers just pick whichever version looks right to them.
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