Etymology

habotai

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Today it means: A lightweight fabric resembling silk. Full definition →

Japanese 羽二重
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from羽二重
  2. English todayhabotai

From Japanese 羽二重 (habutae, literally “as soft as down”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.