keffiyeh
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Arabic كُوفِيَّة (kūfiyya). Doublet of kofia.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /kəˈfiː(j)ə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - enPR: kə'fi-ə
Noun
[edit]keffiyeh (plural keffiyehs)
- A headdress traditionally worn by some Arabs, also used as a scarf.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:shemagh
- 2015, Joe Sacco, Palestine, Fantagraphics, →ISBN, page 31:
- This guy's already awake! And chipper! He wraps on a keffiyeh!
Translations
[edit]Arabian headdress
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