English
agbada
Agbada comes from Yoruba agbádá.
- Yorubamodernagbádá
- Englishearliest quotation 1852agbada
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Yorubamodernagbádá
- Englishearliest quotation 1852agbada
Earliest quotation: 1852, Samuel Crowther, Agbada: “Agbada ya li ọrọn ọ bajẹ, "An agbada torn…”
Every English word from Yoruba agbádá
Today it means
noun A long, flowing robe with wide sleeves worn by men in some parts of West Africa, often decorated with embroidery.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Yoruba agbádá / agbada