moabet

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Definitions

  • n. An intimate conversation.

Example Sentences

  • "This column is dedicated to moabet...it is a space where the cultures and histories of Mediterranean peoples can be explored in the mode of moabet—meandering and lingering, revealing new insights and perspectives into occluded pasts and imagined futures." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Ladino
  • Arabic / Judeo-Arabic
  • Turkish

Etymology

  • Arabic مَحَبَّة‎ maḥabba > Turkish محبت‎ muhabbet > Ladino מואביט moabet

      • Who Uses This

      • Ottoman Sephardim: Jews with ancestry in Spain and, post-expulsion, in Turkey, Greece, and other parts of the Ottoman Empire

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • None

      Alternative Spellings

      muhabbet, muhabet, mohabet, muabet, moabbet, muabbet, moabit, muabit

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