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abasí

/abaˈsi/

adjective/abaˈsi/

Abbasid

Synonyms: abasida

Related: califato abasí

Borrowed from Arabic عَبَّاس (ʕabbās, “one who frowns a lot; untamed lion”), from عَبَسَ (ʕabasa, “to frown”), the title of the eightieth sura of the Qur'an.

noun, masculine/abaˈsi/plural: abasíes

Abbasid

Synonyms: abasida

Borrowed from Arabic عَبَّاس (ʕabbās, “one who frowns a lot; untamed lion”), from عَبَسَ (ʕabasa, “to frown”), the title of the eightieth sura of the Qur'an.