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keffiyeh

/ kɛˈfiːjə /

noun

  1. a cotton headdress worn by Arabs
“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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of keffiyeh1

C19: from Arabic, perhaps from Late Latin cofea coif
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Example Sentences

Excuse me, I have to get the keffiyeh out of my dusty suitcase and pack a kilt.

In a video uploaded to YouTube, a young man, wearing a checkered keffiyeh over his face, said he was a Svoboda member.

He knocked loose the olive-green keffiyeh he wore over his black curls.

Jedan slowly unwound his keffiyeh and wiped his head all over, then he spread the coloured rag out to dry.

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