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haik (hīk, hāk)

noun

a sheetlike, woolen or cotton cloth worn by Arabs as an outer garment

Etymology: Ar ḥāyk < ḥāka, to weave

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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