arba kanfoth

American  

[ahr-bah kahn-fawt, ahr-buh-kahn-fuhs] / ɑrˈbɑ kɑnˈfɔt, ˈɑr bəˈkɑn fəs /

Ashkenazic Hebrew, arba kanfot;

noun

Hebrew.

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of arba kanfoth

arba ʿ kənāphōth literally, four corners