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tabby

/ˈtæbi/TA-bee
/ˈtæbi/TA-bee

Meaninga rich waved silk

Common meaning: waved silk, or a striped cat

Journey through time

  1. Arabicutabi‘a rich undulated silk’source
  2. Spanishmeaning shiftsa rich undulated silk → a silken stufftabi‘a silken stuff’source
  3. Frenchtabissource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsa silken stuff → waved silk, or a striped cattabby‘waved silk, or a striped cat’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Arabic utabi ‘a rich waved silk’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry TABBY, p. 620 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • utabi Arabic “a rich waved silk”

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