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Pronunciation / Transliteration: hǔbānmāo
"那只可爱的虎斑猫正在追逐毛线球。"
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A cat with a coat marked with stripes, streaks, or swirling patterns, typically featuring an 'M' shape on its forehead.
"The friendly tabby curled up on the sunny windowsill for an afternoon nap."
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Having a striped, streaked, or clouded coat pattern characteristic of certain cats.
"A stray tabby kitten wandered into our backyard during the storm."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the French 'tabis', meaning a rich watered silk, which originated from 'Attabiya', a district in Baghdad named after Prince Attab where such striped silks were manufactured. The term was later applied to cats due to the resemblance of their striped or streaked coats to watered silk fabrics.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Tabby" is said worldwide
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chat tigré
Transliteration: ʃa ti.ɡʁe
"Le chat tigré dormait paisiblement sur le canapé."
Tigerkatze
Transliteration: ˈtiːɡɐˌkat͡sə
"Die Tigerkatze fing im Garten eine Maus."
gatto tigrato
Transliteration: ˈɡat.to tiˈɡra.to
"Il gatto tigrato miagolava per avere del cibo."
gato atigrado
Transliteration: ˈɡa.to a.tiˈɣɾa.ðo
"El gato atigrado saltó ágilmente sobre la mesa."
gato tabbby
Transliteration: ˈɡa.tu ta.bi
Script: gato malhado
"O gato malhado adora dormir ao sol."
धारीदार बिल्ली
Transliteration: dharidar billi
"धारीदार बिल्ली घर के आँगन में खेल रही थी।"
虎斑猫
Transliteration: hǔbānmāo
"那只可爱的虎斑猫正在追逐毛线球。"
태비
Transliteration: taebi
Script: 태비 고양이
"우리 집 태비 고양이는 아주 활발하다."
キジトラ
Transliteration: kijitora
Script: キジトラ猫
"庭でキジトラの猫が日向ぼっこをしている。"
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