dishdasha
noun
dish·dasha
ˌdish-ˈdä-shə 
: a long usually white robe traditionally worn by men in the Middle East
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This is also evident in the traditional dress, especially for men, who pair the traditional Arab dishdasha with a colorful embroidered head cap called a Kuma, which is originally from Zanzibar.
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Irene S. Levine, Forbes, 16 May 2021
Our driver wore a traditional dishdasha, a long white robe, with a red-and-white scarf, the traditional kaffiyeh, atop his head.
—Amanda Orr, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2019
Late Fall, 2006 Dressed in his dishdasha and clutching his prayer beads, Saddam paced in his outdoor rec area, silently mouthing a string of words.
—William Bardenwerper, Newsweek, 13 June 2017
Late Fall, 2006
Dressed in his dishdasha and clutching his prayer beads, Saddam paced in his outdoor rec area, silently mouthing a string of words.
—William Bardenwerper, Newsweek, 13 June 2017
In the bazaar the metal shutters had been rocked from clothing stalls, sending dishdashas and white knit prayer caps into mounds in the arcade.
—National Geographic, 17 Oct. 2016
Tasker watched as Hussein, clad in his dishdasha, walked over to his rickety exercise bike.
—Will Bardenwerper, The Denver Post, 9 June 2017
Sitting in front of a boarded- up shop is a stout man in a gray ankle- length dishdasha and Nike sandals.
—Elliot Ackerman, Esquire, 23 Mar. 2017
Sulu, gho, kera, kalpak, dishdasha and dashiki sound more like crossword puzzlers than words in common parlance.
—Guy Trebay, New York Times, 6 Aug. 2016
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Irene S. Levine, Forbes, 16 May 2021
Our driver wore a traditional dishdasha, a long white robe, with a red-and-white scarf, the traditional kaffiyeh, atop his head.
—Amanda Orr, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2019
Late Fall, 2006 Dressed in his dishdasha and clutching his prayer beads, Saddam paced in his outdoor rec area, silently mouthing a string of words.
—William Bardenwerper, Newsweek, 13 June 2017
Late Fall, 2006
Dressed in his dishdasha and clutching his prayer beads, Saddam paced in his outdoor rec area, silently mouthing a string of words.
—William Bardenwerper, Newsweek, 13 June 2017
In the bazaar the metal shutters had been rocked from clothing stalls, sending dishdashas and white knit prayer caps into mounds in the arcade.
—National Geographic, 17 Oct. 2016
Tasker watched as Hussein, clad in his dishdasha, walked over to his rickety exercise bike.
—Will Bardenwerper, The Denver Post, 9 June 2017
Sitting in front of a boarded- up shop is a stout man in a gray ankle- length dishdasha and Nike sandals.
—Elliot Ackerman, Esquire, 23 Mar. 2017
Sulu, gho, kera, kalpak, dishdasha and dashiki sound more like crossword puzzlers than words in common parlance.
—Guy Trebay, New York Times, 6 Aug. 2016
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