arba kanfoth

[Sephardic Hebrew ahr-bah kahn-fawt; Ashkenazic Hebrew ahr-buh-kahn-fuh s]

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.

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

Origin of arba kanfoth

arbaʿ kənāphōth literally, four corners

Also called tallith katan.

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