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kaffiyeh

 
Dictionary: kaf·fi·yeh   (kä-fē'ə) pronunciation

n.
A cloth headdress fastened by a band around the crown and usually worn by Arab men.

[Arabic kaffīya, colloquial variant of kūfīya, perhaps from Late Latin cofea, helmet. See coif.]


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