haik

See also: Haik

English

Woman in haik

Alternative forms

• haick, haikh, haique, hayk

Etymology

From Arabic حَيْك (ḥayk).

Noun

haik (plural haiks)

1. A covering for the head and body worn by Arabs.
   • 1809, James Grey Jackson, An Account of the Empire of Marocco, section VI:

     Woollen hayks for garments are manufactured here of a curious texture, extremely light and fine, called El Haik Filelly.

See also

• thobe

References

• Oxford English Reference 1996

Anagrams

• Kiha, akhi