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tarboosh

or tar·bush

[ tahr-boosh ]

noun

  1. a tasseled cap of cloth or felt, usually red, that is worn by Muslim men either by itself or as the inner part of the turban.


tarboosh

/ tɑːˈbuːʃ /

noun

  1. 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tarboosh1

1695–1705; < Arabic ṭarbūsh < Ottoman Turkish terposh, probably < Persian sarposh headdress (equivalent to sar head + pūsh covering), by association with Turkish ter sweat
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tarboosh1

C18: from Arabic tarbūsh
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Example Sentences

His colorful costume had given way to European clothes, except for a tarboosh.

Tarboosh, Tarbouche, tr-boosh′, n. a red cap with dark tassel worn by Moslem men.

Above the spot where the two had sunk floated the red tarboosh of the Mudir of the Fayoum.

The enemy soon appeared, rather grubby, in a tarboosh and a scrubby European overcoat.

The man who came in was naked, save for a tarboosh on his head and a loin-cloth about his middle.

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