keffiyeh

English
A man wearing a red and white keffiyeh.

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Etymology

From Arabic كُوفِيَّة (kūfiyya). Doublet of kofia.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kəˈfiː(j)ə/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • enPR: kə'fi-ə

Noun

keffiyeh (plural keffiyehs)

  1. 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!

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