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sabat

name · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A roofing structure with the street beneath it in Mediterranean and Middle Eastern architecture, serving to support buildings or to cool pedestrians by maximizing daytime shade and accelerating breezes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: architecture

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History

Etymology

Various origins: * Borrowed from Catalan Sàbat, a surname given to someone born on a Saturday. * Borrowed from Polish Sabat. * Borrowed from French Sabat, a nickname for a noisy or rowdy person, from Middle French sabat (“noise, racket”).

Borrowed from Arabic سَابَاط (sābāṭ).

Across languages

Translations

2 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سَابَاط (sābāṭ) — Translations
  • Persian: ساباط (sâbât) — Translations