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I was in Africa once. I was in Kenya. I got off the plane, and I thought, 'Africa...' Some guy in a dashiki said, 'Mr. Bundy. Oh my God, it's you.'
Ed O'Neill

Meaning of "dashiki" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DASHIKI

Of W African origin.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DASHIKI

dashiki  [dɑːˈʃiːkɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DASHIKI

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dashiki is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DASHIKI MEAN IN ENGLISH?

dashiki

Dashiki

The dashiki is a colorful men's garment widely worn in West Africa that covers the top half of the body. It has formal and informal versions and varies from simple draped clothing to fully tailored suits. A common form is a loose-fitting pullover garment, with an ornate V-shaped collar, and tailored and embroidered neck and sleeve lines.

Definition of dashiki in the English dictionary

The definition of dashiki in the dictionary is a large loose-fitting buttonless upper garment worn esp by Black people in the US, Africa, and the Caribbean.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DASHIKI


beaky
ˈbiːkɪ
cheeky
ˈtʃiːkɪ
cliquey
ˈkliːkɪ
cock-a-leekie
ˌkɒkəˈliːkɪ
creaky
ˈkriːkɪ
daishiki
daɪˈʃiːkɪ
dasheki
dæˈʃiːkɪ
freaky
ˈfriːkɪ
geeky
ˈɡiːkɪ
Geikie
ˈɡiːkɪ
Leakey
ˈliːkɪ
leaky
ˈliːkɪ
ozeki
əʊˈziːkɪ
peaky
ˈpiːkɪ
reeky
ˈriːkɪ
sleeky
ˈsliːkɪ
sneaky
ˈsniːkɪ
squeaky
ˈskwiːkɪ
streaky
ˈstriːkɪ
tiki
ˈtiːkɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DASHIKI

dash
dashboard
dashed
dasheen
dasheki
dasher
dashi
dashing
Dashing White Sergeant
dashingly
dashlight
dashpot
Dasht-e-Kavir
Dasht-e-Lut
Dasht-i-Kavir
Dasht-i-Lut
dashy
Dassehra
dassie
dastard

WORDS THAT END LIKE DASHIKI

al-Maliki
ariki
Berezniki
Bolsheviki
briki
Hawaiki
heitiki
horiatiki
kabiki
kakariki
patiki
piki
rauriki
reiki
Tajiki
tzatziki
Waikiki
wiki

Synonyms and antonyms of dashiki in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dashiki» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DASHIKI

Find out the translation of dashiki to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dashiki from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dashiki» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

dashiki
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

dashiki
570 millions of speakers

English

dashiki
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

dashiki
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

dashiki
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Dashiki
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dashiki
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

dashiki
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dashiki
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dashiki
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

dashiki
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ダシキ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

dashiki
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dashiki
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dashiki
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

dashiki
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दशाकी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dashiki
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dashiki
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Dashiki
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Dashiki
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Dashiki
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

dashiki
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Dashiki
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dashiki
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dashiki
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dashiki

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DASHIKI»

The term «dashiki» is regularly used and occupies the 81.782 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DASHIKI» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «dashiki» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «dashiki» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dashiki

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QUOTES WITH «DASHIKI»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word dashiki.
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Ed O'Neill
I was in Africa once. I was in Kenya. I got off the plane, and I thought, 'Africa...' Some guy in a dashiki said, 'Mr. Bundy. Oh my God, it's you.'

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DASHIKI»

Discover the use of dashiki in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dashiki and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dashiki
A jazz mystery with a dash of romance, "Dashiki" brings the reader inside the fascinating world of jazz: the musicians, the journalists, the photographers, the scholars, and the fanatics.
Florence Wetzel, 2011
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The A to Z of African American Theater
GILLIAM, THEODORE “TED” E. (c. 1937–1991). Aplaywright director, and educator, Gilliam founded the now defunct Dashiki Project Theatre in 1962 located in New Orleans. Arriving with degrees in hand, one from the Yale School of Drama, ...
Anthony D. Hill, Douglas Q. Barnett, 2009
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African Clothing: Mask, Dashiki, Wrapper, Kanzu, Boubou, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Books, LLC, General Books LLC, 2010
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Targhee National Forest ecological unit inventory
... mixed, superactive Vitrandic Cryumbrepts Dashiki series Ashy, glassy Typic Vitricryands Edgway series Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive Vitrandic Cryoborolls Etnass series Fine, smectitic Typic Humicryerts Fitzwil series Loamy- skeletal, ...
Terry S. Bowerman, United States. Forest Service, United States. Natural Resources Conservation Service, 1999
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Tops: General Classification in the Tour de France, Dress ...
Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 179. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge.
Books, LLC, 2010
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Sepia
MOTHER By RUTH DUCKETT GIBBS / like my dashiki because It wraps me in glory It wraps me in beauty Gay and wonderful The white man likes my dashiki because It sells like hotcakes And while I am expressing soul He is raking in gold .
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Million Dollar Baby: Stories from the Corner
“In this remarkable collection . . . the spirit of Hemingway lives on.” —The Wall Street Journal F. X. Toole knew boxing.
F. X. Toole, 2012
8
Black Theatre
A former screening room at the Rep was converted into an attractive, tiny theatre by the Dashiki group under the guidance of Warren Kenner. The experiment was an attempt to reach a larger audience, and particularly to draw bourgeois blacks  ...
9
Traditional Folk Textiles and Dress: Selected Readings and ...
Gussetted versions also spread throughout West Africa and became the prototype for many elaborate male gowns. The term dashiki is an aberration of the Yoruba danshiki which itself is derived from the Hausa dan ciki (pronounced chiki) .
Barbara K. Nordquist, Emma Jean Mettam, Kathy Jansen, 1986
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Connecting Times
The more interesting characters tend to resemble chameleons. Trying to impress Yoruba's mother, Lumumba (born Ernest Walter Billings) has his natural trimmed to a respectable length and sheds his dashiki for a three-piece suit. He is on his ...
Norman Harris

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DASHIKI»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dashiki is used in the context of the following news items.
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Karrueche Tran flaunts her abs in sporty crop top in West Hollywood
Currently, the shorts are unavailable, but click right to see more sporty pieces from the West Coast brand. There's a great Dimepiece dashiki, ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
2
I Used to Hate White People
Everybody quieted down and took to their metallic seats when the Irritated Genie arrived, wearing a dashiki to express his overwhelming ... «Gawker, Jul 15»
3
Uti Nwachukwu: Actor raises eyebrows with his local attire at LA beach
Uti who is also a TV host wore a black dashiki and a red hat which caught the attention of the locals. According to the actor, he said some of the ... «Pulse Nigeria, Jul 15»
4
Quinn finds the funny in race relations
The first chapter, purporting to focus on African Americans, is titled "Dashiki Red, Black & Green" while the second, on Italians, is dubbed ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
5
Charleston's Co-habitating Histories Converge, at a Tragic Cost
He's a Civil War reenactor, he tells me (54th Massachusetts), and today he's wearing an elaborately embroidered dashiki a friend brought back ... «New York Magazine, Jun 15»
6
Wright just keeps it real
It was an Afro-sporting, Dashiki-wearing teenage version of Keith Wright who led a takeover of our high school's administration building back in ... «Albany Times Union, Jun 15»
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Review: 'Folk City' at the Museum of the City of New York
Her guitar, “Baby,” is displayed in front of a dashiki she wore onstage in 1969 — well after the folk revival, but fully emblematic. Alongside Mr. «New York Times, Jun 15»
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Review: Loving Day: Mat Johnson's new novel is all there in black …
He's got a Kenyan dashiki, Sudanese mudcloth pants, and a little Ghanian kente hat. It's like Africa finally united, but just in his wardrobe. «Austin Chronicle, Jun 15»
9
'Orange Is The New Black' Season 3 Episode 6 Recap: 'Ching …
Beyonce. “She ain't out there with her nappy hair and plus-sized dashiki, OK? She playing white girl game.” Cindy agrees, “And she winning.”. «uInterview.com, Jun 15»
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COURTENAY EDELHART: Falsely co-opting black identity is an insult
They need our help, whether we're blond and blue-eyed or rocking a 'fro and a dashiki. Be our ally, but be yourself. — Courtenay Edelhart is a ... «The Bakersfield Californian, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Dashiki [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/dashiki>. May 2024 ».
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