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kaffiyah

Variant of kaffiyeh

noun

a headdress worn by Arabs as a protection against dust and heat: it is a large square of cotton cloth, draped and folded, and held in place by a cord wound about the head

also sp. kaffiyah

Origin: Ar kaffīya, var. of kūfīya, prob. < LL cofea, coif

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