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arba kanfoth

[ Sephardic Hebrew ahr-bah kahn-fawt; Ashkenazic Hebrew ahr-buh-kahn-fuhs ]

noun

, Hebrew.
  1. a rectangular piece of cloth with fringes at the four corners and a hole in the center for the head, worn under the clothes by Orthodox Jewish males.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of arba kanfoth1

arba ʿ kənāphōth literally, four corners

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