dashiki

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/dəˈʃiːkiː//dɑː-//dæ-/

noun

A loose and brightly-colored African shirt.

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daishiki
OriginYoruba dàńṣíkí →
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Meanings

noundashiki (plural dashikis)

plural dashikis · alternative daishiki · alternative danshiki · alternative dasheki

  1. A loose and brightly-colored African shirt.

    Royce: African colors. Subtle... You want me to start wearing dashikis? Go all Marion Barry an' shit?

    2006 Oct. 1, Dennis Lehane, "Refugees", The Wire, 00:31:10

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna loose and brightly colored African shirt

Similar
daishiki
Broader
shirt

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Yorubadàńṣíkí
  2. Yorubadàńṣíkí
  3. Englishdashiki

Borrowed from Yoruba dàńṣíkí.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with dashiki

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Cite this entry
APA

dashiki. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dashiki

MLA

“dashiki.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dashiki. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dashiki,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dashiki.

Source: dashiki on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.