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kaf⋅fi⋅yeh

  [kuh-fee-uh]
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–noun
an Arab headdress for men; made from a diagonally folded square of cloth held in place by an agal wound around the head.
Also, keffiyeh, kufiyeh, kuffieh.

Origin:
< Ar kaffīyah, var. of kuffīyeh
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kaf·fi·yeh   (kä-fē'ə)   
n.  A cloth headdress fastened by a band around the crown and usually worn by Arab men.

[Arabic kaffīya, colloquial variant of kūfīya, perhaps from Late Latin cofea, helmet; see coif.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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