Dishdasha

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An ankle-length robe with long sleeves worn by some Arab men.

    "Sheik Mohammed switched from a gold dishdasha to a black one, gave out one trophy after another, and indicated that the Dubai World Cup, the world’s richest race, was going to get richer because he intended to plump its $6 million purse to $10 million."

Example

More examples

"Sheik Mohammed switched from a gold dishdasha to a black one, gave out one trophy after another, and indicated that the Dubai World Cup, the world’s richest race, was going to get richer because he intended to plump its $6 million purse to $10 million."

Etymology

From Arabic دِشْدَاشَة (dišdāša).

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