Ababda

noun

Abab·​da

ə-ˈbab-də

variants or Ababdeh

ə-ˈbab-de

plural Ababda or Ababdas or Ababdeh or Ababdehs

1

: an Arabic-speaking mostly nomadic Beja people of Upper Egypt

2

: a member of the Ababda people

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Arabic ʽAbābda (singular ʽabbādī)

First Known Use

1820, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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