Dishdasha
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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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