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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TARBOOSH

From Arabic tarbūsh.
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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 TARBOOSH

tarboosh  [tɑːˈbuːʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TARBOOSH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tarboosh 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 TARBOOSH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fez

The fez, as well as its equivalent, the tarboosh, is a felt hat of two types: either in the shape of a truncated cone made of red felt, or a short cylinder made of kilim fabric, both usually with a tassel attached to the top. The tarboosh is of ancient Greek origin and the modern fez, which is similar, owes much of its development and popularity to the Ottoman era.

Definition of tarboosh in the English dictionary

The definition of tarboosh in the dictionary is a felt or cloth brimless cap resembling the fez, usually red and often with a silk tassel, worn alone or as part of a turban by Muslim men.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TARBOOSH


Ashby-de-la-Zouch
ˌæʃbɪˌdələˈzuːʃ
babouche
bəˈbuːʃ
barouche
bəˈruːʃ
bouche
buːʃ
capuche
kəˈpuːʃ
cartouch
kɑːˈtuːʃ
cartouche
kɑːˈtuːʃ
douche
duːʃ
hoosh
huːʃ
Ingush
ɪŋˈɡuːʃ
louche
luːʃ
pabouche
pəˈbuːʃ
rouche
ruːʃ
ruche
ruːʃ
scaramouche
ˌskærəˈmuːʃ
skoosh
skuːʃ
smoosh
smuːʃ
sploosh
spluːʃ
tarbouche
tɑːˈbuːʃ
tarbush
tɑːˈbuːʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TARBOOSH

tarantula
Tarantula nebula
tarantulae
Tararua biscuit
Tarau
Tarawa
taraxacum
Taraz
Tarbes
tarbouche
tarbush
Tardenoisian
tardier
tardiest
tardigrade
tardily
tardiness
Tardis-like
tardive

WORDS THAT END LIKE TARBOOSH

bosh
dosh
fantoosh
gosh
josh
macintosh
mackintosh
McIntosh
mosh
nosh
posh
scoosh
sloosh
squadoosh
squoosh
swoosh
tosh
whoosh
woosh
zhoosh

Synonyms and antonyms of tarboosh in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tarboosh» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TARBOOSH

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

Translator English - Chinese

tarboosh
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tarbush
570 millions of speakers

English

tarboosh
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

tarboosh
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

طربوش
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

феска
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tarboosh
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফেজটুপি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chéchia
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tarboosh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tarbusch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

tarboosh
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

tarboosh
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tarboosh
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

một thứ nón
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குஞ்சம் உடைய குள்ளாய்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टॅरोबॉश
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

fes
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tarboosh
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Tarboosh
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

феска
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tarboosh
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φέσι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tarboosh
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Tarboosh
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Tarboosh
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tarboosh

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TARBOOSH»

The term «tarboosh» is normally little used and occupies the 132.141 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TARBOOSH» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TARBOOSH»

Discover the use of tarboosh in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tarboosh and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Prophet's Pulpit: Islamic Preaching in Contemporary Egypt
Tarboosh The form of Islamization depicted by the symbol of the tarboosh is concentrated within the context of official government institutions. The tarboosh is the rounded maroon cap made of felt which usually has a dark silk tassel attached ...
Patrick D. Gaffney, 1994
2
Re-envisioning Egypt 1919-1952
The shaykhs objected to the way in which the tarboosh wearers dared to "discuss , argue and disagree with turbaned shaykhs about their learning," writes Muwailihi in Allen, 90. The effendis, for their turn, regarded the shaykhs as a backward ...
Arthur Goldschmidt, Amy J. Johnson, Barak A. Salmoni, 2005
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To Embrace the Universe: Drawings by Frederic Edwin Church
The townsmen wore a skullcap, and over it a red felt fez called a tarbush ( tarboosh). A headcloth of white cotton or colored silk was wound around it. 54. Fellah of Bethlehem Pencil and white gouache on buff paper 1868 27.4 x 19.1 cm ...
Elaine Evans Dee, 1984
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The Essential Yusuf Idris: Masterpieces of the Egyptian ...
He won in the end, forcing her back into her seat, and tying her down with a muffler which a passenger lent him — but not before she had flung his tarboosh out of the window. He was incensed, for throughout his years of service he had never ...
Yūsuf Idrīs, Denys Johnson-Davies, 2009
5
Fast Eddie, King of the Bees
he yelled, just as some long white guy wearing a tarboosh opened the front door. “Oh dear!” “Fuck you!” I said to the homeless guy. “Could you bothplease takeyour melee elsewhere,” the long, white tarbooshwearer replied, slammingthe door ...
Robert Arellano, 2013
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Egypt and Mohammed Ali Or Travels in the Valley of the Nile: ...
84 TARBOOSH MANUFACTORY AT FOUAH. our dessert, were of an excellent quality, and the finest Nile water was our beverage. XLIV. Fouah is a large town, picturesquely situated on the right bank of the Nile, and has a small island in front  ...
James Augustus St. John, 1834
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A New Year: Stories, Autobiography and Poems
Thirdly, the old Sheikh had worn throughout his life an old- fashioned tarboosh with a blue turban wrapped round it, baggy trousers of dyed calico and a belt that he always tucked under his pillow when he resigned himself to the arms of ...
Mīkhāʼīl Nuʻaymah, 1974
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The Autobiography of LeRoi Jones
They were a major problem at the Arts. After we had first moved in, one morning I see this tallish, long-striding figure coming down the street with a suitcase and a red tarboosh on his bald shaven head. It was the bony-faced, acid-looking Tong.
Amiri Baraka, 2012
9
A Stranger at the Door, and Other Lebanese Short Stories
Suddenly, my tarboosh was blown off, as if by a forceful blow and rolled down the street ahead of me, followed by dozens of round loaves of bread as if the sky had burst. In the wake of these loaves, there was a loud crack of two, long wooden ...
Tūmā Khūrī, 2003
10
Stories of the Scholar Mohammad Amin Sheikho: His Life, His ...
One day, the Turkish president, Mustafa Ataturk, issued an order (a firman) [109] which forbade the wearing of the red tarboosh, [110]and whoever broke the order had only himself to blame. It was indeed a very strange law and a most severe ...
Mohammad Amin Sheikho, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TARBOOSH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tarboosh is used in the context of the following news items.
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NoshUp: Jack's Corner
My eyes always flit to the image of a man with a tarboosh on his head and a cigar in his hand. This man, Jamil Essa Bishara, is my grandfather and namesake. «Greensboro News & Record, Jul 15»
2
Fashion, faith, and functionality! Arab male headdresses uncovered
Since ancient times, the skullcap (taqiyah or `araqiyeh), fez (tarboosh), turban (ihram), and draped headscarf (keffiyeh) have protected Arab men from the sun, ... «Al-Bawaba, May 15»
3
Ask Ali: The subtle differences between kanduras
Remember, the small “tarboosh”, which is the extra piece that looks like a tie at the front of the Emirati or Omani kandura, are also different in size. They may look ... «The National, Apr 15»
4
Mindshare celebrates Gandour win at the Effie Awards
Mindshare was selected for the silver prize for the category of Product and Services — Food and Beverage for a creative campaign revolving around Tarboosh, ... «Arab News, Jan 15»
5
Enter Tarboosh Eatery in Parma, and discover a portal to explore a …
PARMA, Ohio -- Great friends told me about Tarboosh Eatery. Since my first visit there, I find more reasons to go back. So far, in the course of three visits - each ... «The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com, Oct 14»
6
The Peninsula's Best Falafel Might Be In ... Redwood Shores?
The café has been in operation since the fall, opened by the former owner of the Redwood City restaurant Tarboosh. Staff inside the bright, busy kitchen has a ... «SF Weekly, Jun 14»
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Ask Ali: Prophets beliefs dictate Muslim marriage rulings
Dear DW: No, the tarboosh or the tassel doesn't really get in the way. We simply turn it to the back, so it will be turning slightly over the shoulder, but as it is tight it ... «The National, May 14»
8
Israeli ministers exploit Mimouna celebrations
In the photo submitted by Lod's communication department to the news websites, Revivo appears with a red tarboosh hat on his head between Erdan and ... «Al-Monitor, Apr 14»
9
Islam's historic treasures on display in Sharjah
A fez or tarboosh, a distinctive type of felt hat that is characterised by its deep-red colour, was popular throughout the southern Mediterranean and North Africa ... «The National, Mar 14»
10
Google Pays Tribute to Lebanese Actor Hassan Alaa Eddine
Google replaced the first 'O' in the company's name with a picture of Alaa Eddine with his famous mustache, and added the icon of what is known as “tarboosh” ... «Naharnet, Feb 14»

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