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Meaning of "keffiyeh" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD KEFFIYEH

From Arabic, perhaps from Late Latin cofeacoif.
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PRONUNCIATION OF KEFFIYEH

keffiyeh  [kɛˈfiːjə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF KEFFIYEH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Keffiyeh 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 KEFFIYEH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

keffiyeh

Keffiyeh

The keffiyeh or kufiya (Arabic: كوفية‎ kūfiyyah, meaning "from the city of Kufa" (الكوفه); plural كوفيات kūfiyyāt), also known as a ghutrah (غُترَة), shemagh (شماغ), ḥaṭṭah (حَطّة), mashadah (مَشَدة), chafiye (Persian: چَفیِه‎) or cemedanî (Kurdish: جه مه داني), sudra (Hebrew: סודרא), is a traditional Middle Eastern headdress fashioned from a square scarf, usually made of cotton. It is typically worn by Arabs and also some Kurds. It is commonly found in arid regions as it provides protection from sunburn, dust and sand. Its distinctive standard woven checkered pattern may have originated in an ancient Mesopotamian representation of either fishing nets or ears of grain, but the true origin of the pattern remains unknown. The keffiyeh has been worn by Arabs residing in regions in Arabia, Jordan and Iraq for over a century.

Definition of keffiyeh in the English dictionary

The definition of keffiyeh in the dictionary is a cotton headdress worn by Arabs.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH KEFFIYEH


Ahmadiyah
ˌɑːməˈdiːjə
Ahmadiyyah
ˌaməˈdiːjə
Antakiya
ˌæntɑːˈkiːjə
Bharatiya
ˈbɑːrəˌtiːjə
candelilla
ˌkændəˈliːjə
jambiya
dʒæmˈbiːjə
kaffiyeh
kæˈfiːjə
kufiyah
kʊˈfiːjə
ouguiya
uːˈɡiːjə
Rossiya
raˈsiːjə
sopaipilla
ˌsɒpaɪˈpiːjə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE KEFFIYEH

keepsake
keepsaky
keepy-uppy
keeshond
keeshonden
keester
keeve
Keewatin
kef
Kefallonia
kefir
keftedes
keg
keg beer
Kegel exercises
kegeler
kegger
kegler
kegling
kehua

WORDS THAT END LIKE KEFFIYEH

Aceh
Banda Aceh
dahabiyeh
eh
feh
heh
kibbeh
Lake Orumiyeh
meh
Nineveh
Orumiyeh
peh
reh
sakiyeh
tabbouleh
Tecumseh
tempeh
Yahveh
Yahweh
yeh

Synonyms and antonyms of keffiyeh in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «keffiyeh» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF KEFFIYEH

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

Translator English - Chinese

keffiyeh
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

keffiyeh
570 millions of speakers

English

keffiyeh
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चादर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الكوفية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

куфия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

keffiyeh
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

keffiyeh
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

keffieh
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Keffiyeh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Keffijeh
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

keffiyeh
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

keffiyeh
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Keffiyeh
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

keffiyeh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

keffiyeh
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

केफीयहे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

keffiyeh
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

kefiah
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kefija
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

куфия
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

keffiyeh
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

keffiyeh
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

keffiyeh
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

keffiyeh
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

keffiyeh
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of keffiyeh

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «KEFFIYEH»

The term «keffiyeh» is regularly used and occupies the 78.381 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «KEFFIYEH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «keffiyeh» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «keffiyeh» 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 keffiyeh

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KEFFIYEH»

Discover the use of keffiyeh in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to keffiyeh and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Keffiyeh: Headgear, Arab People, Scarf, Cotton, Arid, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster, 2010
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International Management: Explorations Across Cultures
keffiyeh. The. keffiyeh. In August 2011 the BBC reported Howard Johnson's account of how social media had provided a lifeline to the Herbawi Textiles factory in Hebron, the last in Palestine still to manufacture keffiyehs, the traditional Arab ...
Elizabeth M Christopher, 2012
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Arabic Clothing: Hijab, Burqa, Niqab, Keffiyeh, Taqiyah, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source: Wikipedia, Books Llc, 2010
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Articles on Palestinian Clothing, Including: Keffiyeh, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Hephaestus Books, 2011
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Middle Eastern Clothing: Palestinian Costumes, Keffiyeh, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Books, LLC, Source: Wikipedia, 2010
6
Border Visions: Identity and Diaspora in Film
If one pays close attention to the billboard image, one can see that the keffiyeh— a traditional emblem of Arab masculinity—reveals the piercing eyes of the Woman. As ES never speaks for himself, the intradiegetic song's lyric performs that task ...
Jakub Kazecki, Karen A. Ritzenhoff, Cynthia J. Miller, 2013
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Beginning HTML and CSS
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Rob Larsen, 2013
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The Legacy of the Ninth
The fun had been had at Nico's expense. The fun had been had at Danu's expense, pathetic servile creature that he was. Danu wore sandals and he was robed. He wore a red and white-flecked keffiyeh fastened on his head by a two- strand ...
Paul Anthony, 2008
9
Iran: From Theocracy to the Green Movement
uring a ceremony in 2010, cameras caught Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a somewhat awkward situation: he was tiptoeing to place a keffiyeh around the neck of a tall man on a podium. The checkered keffiyeh scarf, recognized as ...
Negin Nabavi, 2012
10
A Cultural History of Jewish Dress
Other recent attempts to clothe this conflict in new political garb involve the iconic black-and-white, fringed and checkered Palestinian headscarf called the keffiyeh. To some, this scarf represents a legitimate struggle for nationhood. To others ...
Eric Silverman, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KEFFIYEH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term keffiyeh is used in the context of the following news items.
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Pseudo-secular dress party: See Indian politicians bling it up for …
Topis, keffiyeh, achkans and churidars, it's all brought out for the year's biggest fancy dress ball. To get right to it, without a doubt, the winner of ... «Scroll.in, Jul 15»
2
Disillusioned Palestinian students shun Venezuela's Arafat …
President Nicolas Maduro wore a keffiyeh headdress and played up their symbolic importance during an address broadcast across the socialist ... «Ynetnews, Jul 15»
3
State-funded iftar stirs debate - The Telegraph
... high office also draw crowds of non-fasting or non-Muslim politicians, journalists and lobbyists, who often turn out in a skullcap or a keffiyeh. «Calcutta Telegraph, Jul 15»
4
Meeting a Daesh jihadist in Syria
In his profile picture he appears in a black shirt and hooded black keffiyeh, nursing a kitten in one arm, a 9mm automatic gun resting on his lap. «The Saturday Paper, Jul 15»
5
US man who killed four marines is well-liked all-American kid …
... a cheerful photo of Abdulazeez smiling at his graduation as he hugs an elderly woman while draped in flowers and a Palestinian keffiyeh. «The Straits Times, Jul 15»
6
An Englishman in Palestine: Fashion designer takes on the old …
Then came the three-piece suit, but still with a keffiyeh and kumbaz, until the keffiyeh 'disappeared' from the wardrobe and daily attire, and ... «Haaretz, Jul 15»
7
First Listen: Omar Souleyman, 'Bahdeni Nami'
There may be no more unlikely act in indie/electronic music than a sunglasses-and-keffiyeh-wearing wedding singer with a chain smoker's gruff ... «Public Radio Tulsa, Jul 15»
8
Kurdish pop star Helly Luv takes on Islamic State
... miles from the front line against Islamic State, wearing military fatigues and with her dyed red hair tumbling from a traditional keffiyeh scarf. «The Australian, Jul 15»
9
Arabic fashion is the least of our problems
... dismiss dissenting views on matters including religion, just because he wears a turban on his head, and drapes a keffiyeh over his shoulders. «Malay Mail Online, Jul 15»
10
This 'Jewish' fashion line sells Palestinian keffiyehs
Residents in the Middle East have come to know the white-and-black-checkered keffiyeh, most often worn by Arabs, as a symbol of Palestinian ... «Al-Bawaba, Jul 15»

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