keffiyeh

English

A man wearing a red and white keffiyeh.

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic كُوفِيَّة‎ (kūfiyya).

Pronunciation

enPR: kə'fi-ə

Noun

keffiyeh (plural keffiyehs)

A headdress traditionally worn by some Arabs, also used as a scarf.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:shemagh

Translations

Arabian headdress

Arabic: كُوفِيَّة‎ f (kūfiyya), شُمَاغ‎ f (šumāḡ), غُترَة‎ (ar) f, حَطَّة‎ f (ḥaṭṭa), مَشَدَة‎ f (mašada)
Dutch: arafatsjaal m
French: keffieh (fr) m, kéfié (fr) m
German: Kufija f, Kufiya f, Kefije f, Kefiye f, Palästinensertuch n, Palituch n (colloquial), Pali (de) n (colloquial)
Hebrew: כאפיה \ כָּפִיָּה‎ (he) f (kafíya)

Italian: kefiah (it) f, kefiyyah f
Kyrgyz: куфия (ky) (kufiya)
Persian: چفیه‎ (čafiye), دستمال یزدی‎ (dastmâl yazdi)
Russian: куфи́я (ru) f (kufíja)
Spanish: kufiyya f, palestina (es) f, pañuelo palestino m

Further reading

keffiyeh on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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