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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

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

In Abballa’s car outside they found a Qur’an, a white djellaba garment and a book called “Authentic Belief”.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 14, 2016

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

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

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

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