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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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So when police started to pull the man away and he dropped a red kaffiyeh, or traditional Arab headdress, Kalin picked it up and tried to return it to him, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2025

One delegate from Hawaii accessorized his kaffiyeh with colorful floral leis.

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

Cyrus Mayer, a 29-year-old Ojai resident and landscaper, burst into the room wearing a kaffiyeh head scarf and coated in fake blood.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2024

Two of them were wearing a Palestinian kaffiyeh.

From New York Times • Nov. 26, 2023

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