keffiyeh

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic كُوفِيَّة‎ (kūfiyya).

Pronunciation

enPR: kə'fi-ə

Noun

a man wearing a red and white keffiyeh

keffiyeh (plural keffiyehs)

A headdress traditionally worn by some Arabs, also used as a scarf.

Synonyms

see the list in 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, keffié m
Hebrew: כאפיה \ כָּפִיָּה‎‎ (he) f (kafía)
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

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