arba kanfoth

[ Sephardic Hebrew ahr-bahkahn-fawt; Ashkenazic Hebrew ahr-buh-kahn-fuhs ]

nounHebrew.
  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.

Origin of arba kanfoth

1
arbaʿ kənāphōth literally, four corners
  • Also ar·ba kan·fot; Ashkenazic Hebrew, ar·ba kan·fos .

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