# dabbaba

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A fairy chess piece that jumps two squares orthogonally (i.e. not diagonally), leaping over any intermediate piece.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic دَبَّابَة (dabbāba, “a kind of siege engine”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/dabbaba