tarboosh

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tarboosh

/tɑːˈbuːʃ/ UK
/tɑɹˈbuʃ/ US

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Borrowed from Arabic طَرْبُوش (ṭarbūš).

noun tarbooshes

A red felt or cloth cap with a tassel, worn in the Arab world; a fez. He went to the Pyramids and Syria, and there left his malady behind him, and returned with a fine beard, and a supply of tarbooshes and nargillies, with which he regales all his friends.

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@misc{tarboosh_2026,
  title = {tarboosh},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tarboosh},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}