kaffiyeh

or kef·fi·yeh

[ kuh-fee-uh ]
/ kəˈfi ə /

noun

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

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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
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British Dictionary definitions for kaffiyeh

kaffiyeh
/ (kæˈfiːjə) /

noun

a variant of keffiyeh
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