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Etymology

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Found from the sixteenth century, variant of شَرْبُوش (šarbūš). The dissimilation is speculated to have been motivated by Kipchak تر (tär, sweat), the headpiece being fit to conceal (بوش (pôš)) perspiration.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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طَرْبُوش (ṭarbūšm (plural طَرَابِيش (ṭarābīš))

  1. fez, tarboosh
    Synonyms: شَاشِيَّة (šāšiyya), (Al-Andalus) غِفَارَة (ḡifāra), فَاس (fās)

Declension

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Björkman, Walther (2000) “Tulband section Ṭarbūsh”, in Encyclopaedia of Islam. Second Edition, volume 10, Leiden: Brill, pages 614–615 (unchanged since the first edition 1936 sub voce Turban)
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1845) Dictionnaire détaillé des noms des vêtements chez les arabes[1] (in French), Amsterdam: Jean Müller, pages 250–254