Feminine

gasa

Meaning

  1. (feminine) gauze
  2. (feminine) chiffon

Synonyms

pledget

gasa absorbente

Frequency

23k
Hyphenated as
ga‧sa
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɡasa/
Etymology

From Classical Arabic قَزّ (qazz, “silk, silkware”); see there for more. Doublet of quej and ques (“a sort of wool”), a direct borrowing from it.

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