tabby
意味
- とら猫,しま猫(灰色か茶色の毛に黒ずんだしま模様や斑点(はんてん)がある)
- 雌猫
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
Mid 17th century French tabis, from Arabic عَتَّابِيّ (ʕattābiyy), ultimately from Arabic الْعَتَّابِيَّة (al-ʕattābiyya), a quarter of Baghdad (named for a Prince عَتَّاب (ʕattāb)) which is associated with the manufacture of a certain type of waved silk. See also taffeta, another type of silk whose name derives from the Persian تافته (tâfta, “woven cloth”) and shares a similar etymological origin.