Dictionary.com
definitions
  • synonyms

kaffiyeh

or kef·fi·yeh

[kuh-fee-uh]
See more synonyms for kaffiyeh on Thesaurus.com
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.
Show More
Also ku·fi·yeh, kuf·fi·eh.

Origin of kaffiyeh

< Arabic kaffīyah, variant of kuffīyeh
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Examples from the Web for kaffiyeh

Historical Examples

  • 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)

    Various

British Dictionary definitions for kaffiyeh

kaffiyeh

noun
  1. a variant of keffiyeh
Show More
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