chaabi

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noun

A kind of Moroccan popular music.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

nounchaabi (uncountable)
  1. uncountableentertainmentA kind of Moroccan popular music.
  2. uncountableentertainmentA traditional style of music of Algiers.

Origin

  1. Arabicشَعْبِيّ
  2. Arabicشَعْبِيّ
  3. Englishchaabi

Borrowed from Arabic شَعْبِيّ (šaʕbiyy, “popular, folksy”).

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APA

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Chicago

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