babouche
pronunciation
How to pronounce babouche in British English:
UK [bə'baʊʃ]
How to pronounce babouche in American English:
US [bə'baʊʃ]
Word Origin
- babouche (n.)
- 1690s, from French babouche, from Arabic babush, from Persian papush, from pa "foot" (related to Avestan pad-, from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot;" see foot (n.)) + posh "covering." Arabic, lacking a -p-, regularly converts -p- in foreign words to -b-.