kufiyah

British  

/ kʊˈfiːjə /

noun

1. a variant of keffiyeh

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Example Sentences

He sang in his Palestinian colloquial Arabic, proudly telling his audience to “raise the kufiyah!”

From Economist

Darkness darker than blackest night was about him, and, in its cover, he cast the robes into the abyss below, then retraced his way, and plunged once more into the moonlight, a Persian traveler wearing the customary loose trousers, a kufiyah on his head, and bearing a long staff in his hand.

From Project Gutenberg

He wore a kufiyah, or kerchief, of red and yellow on his head, the ends falling on his shoulders behind in a crimson fringe.

From Project Gutenberg

His snowy beard descended to his waist over his flowing garments, and his white locks fell thinly from beneath his kufiyah.

From Project Gutenberg

The men wore clean blanket-mantles, the women coloured corsets laced in front, gowns of black serge or cotton, dark blue shawls hardly reaching to their waist, and the usual white kerchief, the Arab kufiyah, under the broad-brimmed straw or felt hat, whose crown was decorated with the broadest and gayest ribbons.

From Project Gutenberg