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

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Etymology

Origin of kaffiyeh

< Arabic kaffīyah, variant of kuffīyeh

Example Sentences

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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

A masked woman with a kaffiyeh wrapped around her head guarded the entrance.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 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

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

Two of them were wearing a Palestinian kaffiyeh.

From New York Times • Nov. 26, 2023

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