kopdoek

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noun

A headcloth.

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doek
OriginAfrikaans kopdoek →
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Meanings

nounkopdoek (plural kopdoeke or kopdoeks)

plural kopdoeke · plural kopdoeks

  1. South AfricaA headcloth.

    The older women wear their dresses conservatively long and still cling to the brightly- coloured "kopdoek" (headcloth). Their daughters favour shorter skirts and their sons bell-bottoms, and the kopdoek seems to be fighting a losing battle.

    Willem Steenkamp (1975), Land of the Thirst King, H. Timmins, →ISBN

    Synonyms: doek

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA headcloth.

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doek

Origin

  1. Afrikaanskopdoek
  2. Englishkopdoek

From Afrikaans kopdoek, from kop (“head”) + doek (“cloth”).

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APA

kopdoek. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kopdoek

MLA

“kopdoek.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kopdoek. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kopdoek,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kopdoek.

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