English[edit]
A man wearing a red and white keffiyeh.
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Arabic كُوفِيَّة (kūfiyya). Doublet of kofia.
Pronunciation[edit]
keffiyeh (plural keffiyehs)
- A headdress traditionally worn by some Arabs, also used as a scarf.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:shemagh
Translations[edit]
Arabian headdress
- Arabic: كُوفِيَّة f (kūfiyya), شُمَاغ f (šumāḡ), غُتْرَة (ar) f (ḡutra), حَطَّة f (ḥaṭṭa), مَشَدَة f (mašada)
- Czech: kefíja f, palestina f, šemag m
- Dutch: arafatsjaal (nl) m, Palestijnensjaal m
- French: keffieh (fr) m, kéfié (fr) m
- German: Kufija f, Kufiya f, Kefije f, Kefiye f, Palästinensertuch n, Palituch n (colloquial), Pali (de) n (colloquial)
- Hebrew: כאפיה \ כָּפִיָּה (he) f (kafíya)
- Italian: kefiah (it) f, kefiyyah f
- Kazakh: куфия (kufiä)
- Kyrgyz: куфия (ky) (kufiya)
- Persian: چفیه (čafiye), دستمال یزدی (dastmâl yazdi)
- Polish: kefija (pl) f, arafatka (pl) f
- Russian: куфи́я (ru) f (kufíja)
- Spanish: kufiyya f, palestina (es) f, pañuelo palestino m
- Swedish: palestinasjal (sv) c, keffiyeh c
- Ukrainian: ку́фія f (kúfija)
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