haik

See also: Haik

English
Woman in haik

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic حَيْك (ḥayk).

Noun

haik (plural haiks)

  1. A covering for the head and body worn by Arabs.
    • 1809, James Grey Jackson, An Account of the Empire of Marocco, section VI:
      Woollen hayks for garments are manufactured here of a curious texture, extremely light and fine, called El Haik Filelly.

See also

References
  • Oxford English Reference 1996

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