arba kanfoth

[ Sephardic Hebrew ahr-bah kahn-fawt; Ashkenazic Hebrew ahr-buh-kahn-fuh s ]
/ Sephardic Hebrew ɑrˈbɑ kɑnˈfɔt; Ashkenazic Hebrew ˈɑr bəˈkɑn fəs /

noun Hebrew.

a rectangular piece of cloth with fringes at the four corners and a hole in the center for the head, worn under the clothes by Orthodox Jewish males.

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Also ar·ba kan·fot; Ashkenazic Hebrew, ar·ba kan·fos.
Also called tallith katan.

Origin of arba kanfoth

arbaʿ kənāphōth literally, four corners

Words nearby arba kanfoth

arawn, araxes, araxá, araçatuba, arb, arba kanfoth, arbalest, arbela, arber, arbil, arbiter
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