keffiyeh
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keffiyeh
- /kəˈfiː(j)ə/
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From Arabic كُوفِيَّة (kūfiyya). Doublet of kofia.
noun keffiyehs · kaffiyah · kuffiyeh · kufiya · kufiyah · kufiyya
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An Iraqi headdress from the city of Kufa that is traditionally worn by some Arabs, also used as a scarf.
Hos head showed again the dignity of the Arab dress, the inevitable keffiyah of black and white held in place by the black silk agal.
Similar: chafiye, cemedanî, ghutra, hattah, keffiyeh, kufiya, mashadah, rezza, scarf, shawl
Translations
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noun Arabian headdress
| Español | kufiya, palestina, pañuelo palestino |
|---|---|
| Português | quefié |
| Français | keffieh, kéfié |
| Deutsch | Kufija, Kufiya, Kefije, Kefiye, Palästinensertuch, Palituch |
| Italiano | kefiah, kefiyyah |
| Русский | куфи́я kufíja |
| العربية | كُوفِيَّة kūfiyya, شُمَاغ šumāḡ, غُتْرَة ḡutra, حَطَّة ḥaṭṭa, مَشَدَة mašada |
| עברית | כאפיה \ כָּפִיָּה kafíya |
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title = {keffiyeh},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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