kaffiyeh
or kef·fi·yeh
[ kuh-fee-uh ]
/ kəˈfi ə /
Save This Word!
noun
an Arab headdress for men; made from a diagonally folded square of cloth held in place by an agal wound around the head.
QUIZZES
QUIZ YOURSELF ON THE MANY TYPES OF NOUNS
They're everywhere you turn, but can you identify the 10 types of nouns easily? This quiz will test your mettle against singular, plural, concrete, abstract, common, proper, collective, compound, countable, and uncountable nouns!
Question 1 of 7
Shoelaces, rainbow, toothpaste, and haircuts are all what type of noun?
Meet Grammar Coach
Improve Your Writing
Also ku·fi·yeh, kuf·fi·eh .
Origin of kaffiyeh
<Arabic kaffīyah, variant of kuffīyeh
Words nearby kaffiyeh
kaffir beer, kaffirboom, kaffir corn, Kaffir lily, kaffir lime, kaffiyeh, Kaffraria, Kaffrarian, Kafir, Kafiri, Kafiristan
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021
Example sentences from the Web for kaffiyeh
Kaffiyeh, kaf′i-ye, n. a small shawl worn about the head in Syria.
British Dictionary definitions for kaffiyeh
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