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haik

[hahyk, heyk]
–noun
an oblong cloth used as an outer garment by the Arabs.
Also, haick.


Origin:
1605–15; < Ar hā'ik, hayk, akin to ḥāk weave
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haik also haick   (hīk, hāk)   
n.  A large piece of cotton, silk, or wool cloth worn as an outer garment in Morocco.

[Moroccan Arabic ḥā'ik, from Arabic, weaver, active participle of ḥāka, to weave; see ḥwk in Semitic roots.]
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