Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An ankle-length, long-sleeved, gownlike garment worn chiefly by men of the Arabian Peninsula.
- noun A similar, often embroidered women's garment, usually worn for formal occasions.
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- noun An ankle-length
robe with long sleeves worn by someArab men.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Some dressed in western clothes, and others sported the thobe, which is the traditional white uni-gown.
Jeremy Greenberg: The Observations Of A Jew Who Converted To Islam Jeremy Greenberg 2011
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Some dressed in western clothes, and others sported the thobe, which is the traditional white uni-gown.
Jeremy Greenberg: The Observations Of A Jew Who Converted To Islam Jeremy Greenberg 2011
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Some dressed in western clothes, and others sported the thobe, which is the traditional white uni-gown.
Jeremy Greenberg: The Observations Of A Jew Who Converted To Islam Jeremy Greenberg 2011
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"A guy in a nightshirt" -- "It's called a thobe not a nightshirt" - Liz said calmly.
A Veiled Journey Brien, Nell 1999
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They traditionally wear the thobe, which is usually a tailor-made white robe, with a coat.
Yemen Observer 2010
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They traditionally wear the thobe, which is usually a tailor-made white robe, with a coat.
Yemen Observer 2010
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In a dusty lot in Khartoum's twin city of Omdurman, a dozen women, dressed in colourful traditional "thobe" sat faithfully for three hours waiting for Abdel Mahmud, or "the Prof" as she is affectionately called, to address the
nst online 2010
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The last election, in 1986, I was out of the country, "said her mother Siham, dressed in traditional" thobe ", a long colorful fabric that drapes around the body.
Hurriyet Dailynews KHARTOUM 2010
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The last election, in 1986, I was out of the country, "said her mother Siham, dressed in traditional" thobe ", a long colourful fabric that drapes around the body.
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The last election, in 1986, I was out of the country, "said her mother Siham, dressed in traditional" thobe ", a long colourful fabric that drapes around the body.
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During the swearing-in ceremony, instead of the typical congressional suit in a muted tone, Rashida Tlaib will wear a traditional Palestinian thobe. It’s a long tunic, often made of cotton and decorated with heavy embroidery, and worn for various occasions all over the Middle East.
Rashida Tlaib’s thobe and Ilhan Omar’s hijab are making congressional history today Rebecca Jennings 2019
mollusque commented on the word thobe
See dishdasha.
November 29, 2008
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Man tries on matching thobes with his cat: https://www.tumblr.com/tiktoksthataregood-ish/747387729468407808
April 13, 2024