kufiyya

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English

Noun

kufiyya (plural kufiyyas)

  1. Alternative form of keffiyeh.
    • 1988, Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt, Jr., “Baghdad the Beautiful”, in For Lust of Knowing: Memoirs of an Intelligence Officer, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, part 3 (Arabian Nights), page 141:
      The Sabians have striking, aquiline features, the men tall and grave with long beards, their heads covered with red-checked kufiyyas, and their open-faced women are famous for their beauty.
    • 2001, Eytan Bentsur, quoting Haidar Abd el-Shafi, “Appendix: Middle East Peace Conference”, in Making Peace: A First-Hand Account of the Arab-Israeli Peace Process, Westport, Conn.: Praeger Publishers, →ISBN, page 223:
      We will put on our embroidered robes and kufiyyas and, in the sight of the world, celebrate together on the day of liberation.
    • 2005, Mickey M, “A Rainbow Kufiyya”, in Chava Frankfort-Nachmias, Erella Shadmi, editors, Sappho in the Holy Land: Lesbian Existence and Dilemmas in Contemporary Israel (SUNY series in Israeli Studies), Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, →ISBN, part III (Politics), page 212:
      As the rebels roamed through Palestinian towns, they forced the bourgeoisie to start wearing kufiyyas instead of the fez hats.

Spanish

Noun

kufiyya f (plural kufiyyas)

  1. Alternative form of kufiya