"kufiyya" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: kufiyyas [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} kufiyya (plural kufiyyas)
  1. Alternative form of keffiyeh. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: keffiyeh
    Sense id: en-kufiyya-en-noun-fV4oH0oE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "The Sabians have striking, aquiline features, the men tall and grave with long beards, their heads covered with red-checked kufiyyas, and their open-faced women are famous for their beauty.",
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          "ref": "2001, Eytan Bentsur, quoting Haidar Abd el-Shafi, “Appendix: Middle East Peace Conference”, in Making Peace: A First-Hand Account of the Arab-Israeli Peace Process, Westport, Conn.: Praeger Publishers, →ISBN, page 223:",
          "text": "We will put on our embroidered robes and kufiyyas and, in the sight of the world, celebrate together on the day of liberation.",
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          "ref": "2005, Mickey M, “A Rainbow Kufiyya”, in Chava Frankfort-Nachmias, Erella Shadmi, editors, Sappho in the Holy Land: Lesbian Existence and Dilemmas in Contemporary Israel (SUNY series in Israeli Studies), Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, →ISBN, part III (Politics), page 212:",
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