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.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /abaˈsi/ [a.β̞aˈsi]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: a‧ba‧sí

abasí m or f (masculine and feminine plural abasís or abasíes)

1. Abbasid

   Synonym: abasida

• califato abasí (A.D. 750–1258, 1261–1517)

abasí m (plural abasís or abasíes)

1. Abbasid

   Synonym: abasida

• “abasí”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16