kaffiyeh

or kef·fi·yeh

[kuh-fee-uh]

noun

an Arab headdress for men; made from a diagonally folded square of cloth held in place by an agal wound around the head.

Also ku·fi·yeh, kuf·fi·eh.

Origin of kaffiyeh

< Arabic kaffīyah, variant of kuffīyeh

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Historical Examples of kaffiyeh

Kaffiyeh, kaf′i-ye, n. a small shawl worn about the head in Syria.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)
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British Dictionary definitions for kaffiyeh

kaffiyeh

noun

a variant of keffiyeh

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