ṭaabáy

Noun n.

Translations

Français: Turban
English: turban
العربية: عمامة

Source : Christiansen-Bolli (2010), annexe IV — French and Arabic meanings translated from English, to be checked by the community

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). ṭaabáy (turban). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/659-taabay (accessed 2026-10-18)

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@misc{moctartaabay,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{ṭaabáy (turban)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/659-taabay},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… er (a) below. But there are Tamasheq cognates that also take this suffix as shown under (b). (89) Stems dropping -y# a) b) singular plural c-én gloss leg; foot ṭaabáy ṭaab-én turban (general) caráy car-én friend ízzay ízz-en offspring; young animal; fruit a-fártay i-fárt-en mat (kind of) a-kárʃay i-kárʃ-en head scarf a-ẓǝmmay i-ẓǝmm-en leather stripe cáy A possible explanation for the Tamasheq cognates is that the final /y/ amalgamates with the suffix and raises the low vowel …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 119
… pe out, to erase ◀ tuusu ‘erase, wipe ‘ KCH:247; KS:312 — n. wiping out Ṭ ṭáaba ṭáab--en ṭáa ba n. tobacco ◀ taaba ~ taabaa ‘tobacco’ KCH:229 pl. ṭáab ṭaab--én ṭaabáy n. turban ◀ tabey ‘turban’ KCH:230 pl. ṭaab ṭaamú n. (former) slave, male of sub-saharan origin with nomadic culture ◀ tam ‘slave, subject’ KCH:232 pl. ṭaam ṭaam--én ṭaatab vt. sew ◀ taa (derbe) ‘sew (clothing)’ KCH:229+69 daabu ‘cover, dress’ KCH:64 — n. sewing

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 355

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