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djellaba
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djel·la·ba or djel·la·bah also jel·la·ba  (j-läb) or ga·la·bi·a (-b-)
n.
A long, loose, hooded garment with full sleeves, worn especially in Muslim countries.
[French, from Arabic jallbya, from jallb, attractive, from jalaba, to bring, fetch; see glb in Semitic roots.]
djellaba, djellabah, jellaba, jellabah [ˈdʒɛləbə]
n
(Clothing & Fashion) a kind of loose cloak with a hood, worn by men esp in North Africa and the Middle East
[from Arabic jallabah]
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For casual daywear she showed crisp white cotton and linen separates, including shorts and tops and sleeveless shifts cut like djellabas, which struck the right balance between ethnic and commercial.
Life's all black and white for Gareth Pugh by Daily News Egypt (Egypt)
For casual daywear she showed crisp white cotton and linen separates, including shorts and tops and sleeveless shifts cut like djellabas, which struck the right balance between ethnic and commercial.
Black and white for Gareth Pugh, 1970s inspires Nariratana by AFP / AFP Global Edition
Little difference was then perceived between African and Oriental subjects and people were reduced to similar images of women in veils and djellabas and men wearing turbans and draped in shawls.
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