kaffiyeh

kaffiyeh
/keuh fee"euh/, n.
an Arab headdress for men; made from a diagonally folded square of cloth held in place by an agal wound around the head.
Also, keffiyeh, kufiyeh, kuffieh.
[ < Ar kaffiyah, var. of KUFFIYEH]

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