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Chuba

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Ukrainian.
Noun
  1. 1
    A long sheepskin coat made of thick wool, worn by Tibetans.

    "DRESSED in a pale blue, floor-length chuba, Paige Wilson silently mouthed a paragraph-long greeting, in Tibetan, that she was about to deliver to the Dalai Lama."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Tibetan ཕྱུ་པ (phyu pa), from Arabic جُبَّة (jubba). Doublet of jupe and jubbah.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ukrainian Чуба (Čuba).

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