kaffiyeh

or kef·fi·yeh

[ kuh-fee-uh ]

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

Origin of kaffiyeh

1
<Arabic kaffīyah, variant of kuffīyeh
  • Also ku·fi·yeh, kuf·fi·eh .

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British Dictionary definitions for kaffiyeh

kaffiyeh

/ (kæˈfiːjə) /


noun
  1. a variant of keffiyeh

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