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How to pronounce jellaba in English?

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Type of cloak

Examples of jellaba

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Rifai has one last ace up the sleeve of his jellaba robes, however.
From the time.com
He is tall and lean and wearing a crisp white jellaba.
From the guardian.co.uk
The next, my eye is caught by a red jellaba framed against the intricate Moorish architecture of Fez.
From the nzherald.co.nz
A trained dentist, fluent in French and English, Boubakeur opts for suits and ties rather than his native Algerian jellaba.
From the upi.com
The only alternative is that the SPLM resort to even more jellaba politics to pacify all the big players both internally and externally.
From the guardian.co.uk
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  • A loose cloak with a hood; worn in the Middle East and northern Africa
  • Djellaba /du0292u1D7Bu02C8lu0251u02D0bu0259/ (Moroccan Arabic: u062Cu0644u0627u0628u0629, Berber name: Aselham) is a Moroccan, long loose-fitting unisex outer robe with full sleeves, of middle-eastern origin, worn in the Maghreb region of North Africa and in Arabic-speaking countries along the Mediterranean.
  • A loose fitting, ankle length, hooded robe worn by men in North Africa
  • The term refers to a hooded tunic, and should not be confused with JELLABIA.