kaffiyeh

US: (kə fē′ə)

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kaf•fi•yeh  (kə fē′ə), n. 

1. Clothing 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. 

• Arabic kaffīyah, variant of kuffīyeh

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kaffiyeh / kæˈfiːjə/ noun

1. a variant of keffiyeh

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kef•fi•yeh  (kə fē′ə), n. 

1. Clothing kaffiyeh.

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keffiyeh / kɛˈfiːjə/, kaffiyeh, kufiyah noun

1. a cotton headdress worn by Arabs

Etymology: 19th Century: from Arabic, perhaps from Late Latin cofea coif