djellaba

/ ˈdʒɛləbə /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of djellaba¹

from Arabic jallabah

Example Sentences

Girls’ day clothes are repurposed pillowcases; on Trips, she wears a full-body robe called a djellaba “to keep men from looking at our bodies.”

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He rolled up his long, black djellaba shirt to reveal a burn scar etched on his shin.

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

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But the storm in 2004 that was so dark that “we thought it was the end of our days,” recalled the 49-year-old truck driver, dressed in a gray-colored djellaba, a loosefitting traditional garment.

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A young taxi driver in a black djellaba ran up, pushed his way through the crowd and began telling Saadi that his brother had been killed in the Baghdad protest square.

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