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djellaba

/ ˈdʒɛləbə /

noun

  1. a kind of loose cloak with a hood, worn by men esp in North Africa and the Middle East
“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 djellaba1

from Arabic jallabah
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Example Sentences

Girls’ day clothes are repurposed pillowcases; on Trips, she wears a full-body robe called a djellaba “to keep men from looking at our bodies.”

He rolled up his long, black djellaba shirt to reveal a burn scar etched on his shin.

Later they traveled to Morocco where Karsner entertained one evening in djellaba and fez.

But the storm in 2004 that was so dark that “we thought it was the end of our days,” recalled the 49-year-old truck driver, dressed in a gray-colored djellaba, a loosefitting traditional garment.

A young taxi driver in a black djellaba ran up, pushed his way through the crowd and began telling Saadi that his brother had been killed in the Baghdad protest square.

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