overwordExplorer
ENGLISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

kebaya.

A traditional blouse worn by women in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, and Southern Thailand.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A traditional blouse worn by women in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, and Southern Thailand.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Arabic قَبَاء (qabāʔ)bor. Persian قباءbor.? Sinhalese කබා (kabā) Sinhalese -ය (-ya) Sinhalese කබාය (kabāya)bor. Portuguese cabaiabor. Malay kebayabor. English kebaya Borrowed from Malay kebaya.

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

kebaya has 6 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

kebaya studiokebaya workshello, kebaya

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.