[ˈtabi], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a grey or brownish cat mottled or streaked with dark stripes

- a fabric with a watered pattern, typically silk

- a plain weave

- a type of concrete made of lime, shells, gravel, and stones, which dries very hard

- a small moth with dark wavy markings on the forewings


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century (denoting a kind of silk taffeta, originally striped, later with a watered finish: see tabby): from French tabis, based on Arabic al-‘Attābiyya, the name of the quarter of Baghdad where tabby was manufactured

[ˈtabi], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (of a cat) grey or brownish in colour and streaked with dark stripes
(e.g: a young tabby tomcat)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century (denoting a kind of silk taffeta, originally striped, later with a watered finish: see tabby): from French tabis, based on Arabic al-‘Attābiyya, the name of the quarter of Baghdad where tabby was manufactured