haik

(hīk, hāk)

noun

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

Origin: Ar ḥāyk < ḥāka, to weave

See haik in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also haick

noun

A large piece of cotton, silk, or wool cloth worn as an outer garment in Morocco.

Origin:

Origin: Moroccan Arabic ḥā’ik

Origin: , from Arabic, weaver

Origin: , active participle of ḥāka, to weave; see ḥwk in Semitic roots

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