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[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
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Origin
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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)
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Origin
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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
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