Keffiyeh Definition

kəfēə
noun
Webster's New World
A square of cloth, often embroidered, traditionally worn as a headdress by Arab men, either by winding it around the head or by folding it into a triangle, draping it over the head, and securing it with an agal.
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Other Word Forms of Keffiyeh

Noun

Singular:
keffiyeh
Plural:
keffiyehs

Origin of Keffiyeh

  • Arabic kūfīya from feminine of kūfī of Kufa, Kufic from al-Kūfa Kufa, a city in central Iraq

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Arabic كوفية (kufíyya).

    From Wiktionary

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