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Etymology edit

From Persian سرپوش (sarpuš), being سر (sar, head) and پوش (puš, cover). Fell into disuse by the Circassian Mamluks; not so however the still popular variant طَرْبُوش (ṭarbūš). Passed also into Classical Syriac ܣܲܪܦܘܿܫܳܐ (sarp̄ōšā).

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Noun edit

شَرْبُوش (šarbūšm (plural شَرَابِيش (šarābīš)) (historical)

  1. a kind of triangular bonnet of a military character worn by emirs or as a part of robes of honour; not worn by jurists
    • 2016 September 17, مكاوي سعيد, “الكلوتات والشرابيش”, in Al-Maṣr Al-Yawm[1]:
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Al-Maqrīziyy to this entry?)

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References edit

  • Björkman, Walther (2000) “Tulband section sharbūsh, sharbush pl. sharābīsh, sharābish”, in Encyclopaedia of Islam. Second Edition, volume 10, Leiden: Brill, pages 613–614 (unchanged since the first edition 1936 sub voce Turban)
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “شربوش”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[2] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 742