keffiyeh

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English

A man wearing a red and white keffiyeh.

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Etymology

From Arabic كُوفِيَّة (kūfiyya). Doublet of kofia.

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Noun

keffiyeh (plural keffiyehs)

  1. A headdress traditionally worn by some Arabs, also used as a scarf.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:shemagh
    • 2015, Joe Sacco, Palestine, Fantagraphics, →ISBN, page 31:
      This guy's already awake! And chipper! He wraps on a keffiyeh!
    • 2024 November 9, Maya Yang, “Anti-Trump protests erupt across US from New York City to Seattle”, in The Guardian:
      Speaking to a crowd of demonstrators, some of whom dressed in raincoats while others wore keffiyehs in solidarity with Palestinians amid Israel’s deadly war on Gaza, one demonstrator said: “Any president that has come to power has also let workers down.”

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