English
tabiya
Tabiya comes from Arabic تَعْبِئَة ‘packing, packaging’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentتَعْبِئَةtaʕbiʔa‘packing, packaging’
- Englishearliest quotation 2005tabiya
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
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- Arabicc. 500–presentتَعْبِئَةtaʕbiʔa‘packing, packaging’
- Englishearliest quotation 2005tabiya
Earliest quotation: 2005, Sam Collins, An Attacking Repertoire for White: “This position is a real tabiya. It frequently arises…”
Every English word from Arabic تَعْبِئَة
Today it means
noun A position in the opening of a game that occurs after a sequence of moves that is heavily standardized, and from which the players have many possible moves again.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic تَعْبِئَة / tabiya