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djellaba

British  
/ ˈdʒɛləbə /

noun

  1. a kind of loose cloak with a hood, worn by men esp in North Africa and the Middle East

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of djellaba

from Arabic jallabah

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Later they traveled to Morocco where Karsner entertained one evening in djellaba and fez.

From Washington Post Jun. 19, 2021

Merv Griffin, whom you profiled for Vanity Fair, made you watch “Jeopardy” and “Wheel of Fortune” with him late at night at his ranch near Palm Springs while he was wearing a djellaba.

From New York Times Sep. 1, 2019

I pulled Mélodie’s floor-length djellaba over my jeans and sweater.

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

Over his white djellaba is a blue selham that came probably from Manchester; his stirrups are silver or plated.

From Morocco by Forrest, A. S. (Archibald Stevenson)

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