djellaba
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of djellaba
from Arabic jallabah
Example Sentences
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He rolled up his long, black djellaba shirt to reveal a burn scar etched on his shin.
From Washington Post • Jul. 23, 2021
Another editor, a former reporter who would also be supervising my investigation, lent me a hijab and a black dress – a kind of djellaba.
From The Guardian • May 26, 2015
He grew a beard, was sometimes seen in a long djellaba robe and attended a mosque in the nearby town of Elbeuf.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2014
Mr. Richards commences one anecdote by declaring, “I was dressed at the time in a diaphanous djellaba, Mexican shoes and a tropical army hat.”
From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2012
I thanked him, the steward appeared, a stout, well-favoured man, whose djellaba was finer than his master's.
From Morocco by Forrest, A. S. (Archibald Stevenson)
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