djellaba
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of djellaba
from Arabic jallabah
Example Sentences
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Later they traveled to Morocco where Karsner entertained one evening in djellaba and fez.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 19, 2021
“I dress normally in the morning. I say goodbye to my mum, and when I’m outside the house, I put on my djellaba and my veil.”
From The Guardian ● May 26, 2015
He grew a beard, was sometimes seen in a long djellaba robe and attended a mosque in the nearby town of Elbeuf.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2014
“You see someone in a tangerine-colored djellaba walking past a mint-green door with a pistachio set of tiles and it seems so natural. There’s nothing pretentious here. It’s so organic.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2014
He wore a fine linen djellaba of dazzling whiteness, and carried a scarlet geranium in his hand.
From Morocco by Forrest, A. S. (Archibald Stevenson)
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