cabaz

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cabaz. Compare Catalan cabàs, Old Occitan cabas.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈba(j)s/ [kaˈba(ɪ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈba(j)s/ [kaˈba(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaˈba(j)ʃ/ [kaˈba(ɪ̯)ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈbaʃ/ [kɐˈβaʃ]

Noun

cabaz m (plural cabazes)

1. basket (container)

   Synonyms: cesta, cesto

Derived terms

• cabazáda

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حقه باز (hokkabaz), from Persian حقه باز (“player at cups-and-balls; juggler; pick-pocket; plotter, impostor”), from Arabic حُقَّة (ḥuqqa, “cup of a juggler”).

Noun

cabaz m (plural cabazi)

1. (Moldavia (region), obsolete) a joker (man)
   • 1883, Vasile Alecsandri, Cinel-Cinel:

     Ian să vedem ce-mi mai scrie cabazul cel de Tachi?

     Let's see what that joker of Tachi is writing to me.

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) cabaz	cabazul	(niște) cabazi	cabazii
genitive/dative	(unui) cabaz	cabazului	(unor) cabazi	cabazilor
vocative	cabazule		cabazilor

Declension of cabaz

Noun

cabaz n (plural cabazuri)

1. (Moldavia (region), obsolete) a joke, a farce
   • 1882, Mihai Eminescu, Timpul‎:

     Timur avea un hoge caraghioz pe care îl chema Nastratin, identic cu acela ale cărui taclale și cabazuri le-a cules și le-a pus în versuri răposatul Anton Pann.

     Timur had a funny hodja named Nasreddin, identical to the one whose conversations and jokes were collected and put into verses by the late Anton Pann.

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) cabaz	cabazul	(niște) cabazuri	cabazurile
genitive/dative	(unui) cabaz	cabazului	(unor) cabazuri	cabazurilor
vocative	cabazule		cabazurilor

Declension of cabaz