djellaba

plural djellabas · alternative djellabah · alternative galabea · alternative galabeah · alternative galabeya · alternative galabia · alternative galabiah · alternative galabieh · alternative galabiya · alternative galabiyah · alternative gallabea · alternative gallabeah · alternative gallabia · alternative gallabiah · alternative gallabieh · alternative gallabiya

1. A loose-fitting, ankle-length hooded robe worn by men in North Africa.

   Dignified gentlemen in sober djellabas, of excellent cut and material, their wives in equally sober djellabas, sat in the tea shops with their children and servants, sipping mint tea.

   1988, Elizabeth Warnock Fernea, A Street in Marrakech: A Personal View of Urban Women in Morocco