kaffiyeh

American

[kuh-fee-uh] / kəˈfi ə /

Also kufiyeh, or keffiyeh

noun

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

kaffiyeh British

/ kæˈfiːjə /

noun

a variant of keffiyeh

"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 kaffiyeh

< Arabic kaffīyah, variant of kuffīyeh

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

kaffiyeh

After three tours in Gaza, Dallas emergency room doctor Bilal Piracha now works with a kaffiyeh draped over his scrubs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2025

Mohammad said her kaffiyeh had earned several positive comments, but also that she has felt the gaze on her in Chicago.

From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2024

Heather Yingling, sporting a checkered kaffiyeh around her neck and bright eye makeup drawn like a watermelon, walked toward the middle of a bridge above Interstate 5.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 24, 2024

Hundreds were there, with many wearing the Palestinian kaffiyeh scarf.

From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2024

A classmate wearing a red kaffiyeh wrapped around his head rushed over and inserted himself between the professor and the students.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2023

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023