Etymology

dabbaba

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Today it means: A fairy chess piece that jumps two squares orthogonally (i.e. not diagonally), leaping over any intermediate piece. Full definition →

Arabic دَبَّابَة
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  1. Arabic · borrowed fromدَبَّابَة“a kind of siege engine”
  2. English todaydabbaba

Borrowed from Arabic دَبَّابَة (dabbāba, “a kind of siege engine”).

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