babouche

A Turkish or Moroccan slipper having no heel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /bəˈbuːʃ/
  • Rhymes: -uːʃ

Noun

  1. A Turkish or Moroccan slipper having no heel.
    • BABOUCHE, S. F. (soulier des Turcs, & autres peuples orientaux,) a Shoe worn by the Turks, and other Oriental Nations. - 1729, Abel Boyer, The Royal Dictionary, French and English, and English and French Extracted from the Writings of the Best Authors in Both Languages, London: J. and J. Knapton
    • Everything that the reader of the Arabian Nights expects to find is here: […] the tunnelled passages where indolent merchants with bare feet crouch in their little kennels hung with richly ornamented saddlery and arms, or with slippers of pale citron leather and bright embroidered babouches; […] - 1920, Edith Wharton, In Morocco

    Synonyms: harem slipper

Origin

From French babouche, from Arabic بَابُوش (bābūš), from Persian پاپوش (pâpuš, “slipper”).

Forms

babouches