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djel·la·ba

or djel·la·bah also jel·la·ba  (jə-lä′bə) or ga·la·bi·a (gə-lä′bē-ə)
n.
A long, loose, hooded garment with full sleeves, worn especially in Muslim countries.

[French, from Arabic jallāba, variant of Arabic jallābīya (perhaps originally meaning "garment worn by traders"), from jallāb, trader, importer, from jalaba, to attract, bring, fetch, import; see glb in Semitic roots.]
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djellaba

(ˈdʒɛləbə) ,

djellabah

,

jellaba

or

jellabah

n
(Clothing & Fashion) a kind of loose cloak with a hood, worn by men esp in North Africa and the Middle East
[from Arabic jallabah]
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djellaba

A long, loose, hooded cloak with wide sleeves, worn in many Muslim countries.
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Bejeweled shawls, slippers, kaftans and djellaba are also available.
HE WEARS IT WELL Rod in a djellaba with Penny in her leopard print dress and hat
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By the 1960s the first generation of fashion designers emerged, who appreciated that women leading modern lives could not and would not wear the large, thick, heavy traditional clothes such as the djellaba (hooded robe) that restricted their movement, and were too hot as well.
The "Kharja" of traditional clothes, in its sixth edition, marked by a festive atmosphere impregnated with the bright and brilliant colours of the different clothes, addresses a message that calls for continuation, life, loyalty and patriotism but also to the attachment to traditions and customs, mirrored through the "melia," "kaftan," "houli," "sefsari," "haik," djellaba," "burnous," "balgha," etc.
La couverture du livre en temoigne d'ailleurs: Brel avec une djellaba et un tarbouche marocains.
In partnership with the Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco, Moroccan National Tourism Office, HSBC, and Fairmont Makati, Rustan's launched "Le Coeur du Maroc," a month-long festival of any and all things Moroccan, from stylish accessories and the babouche to the elegant kaftans, which are the fancier versions of the traditional loose robes worn in Morocco called djellaba, the fifth floor of Rustan's at Ayala Center, Makati will showcase them all for the month of August.
Though adaptations of everyday Moroccan clothing like the djellaba, the jabador, and the burnoose made appearances in the silhouettes Saint Laurent sent down the runway--just as he adapted the Moroccan veil and turban in his haute couture--it was the vibrant hues of these nomad caftans that reminded the designer of Delacroix sketches and encouraged him to ease back on his signature black-and-white palette in favor of playing with Marrakech's vibrant color wheel.
At the same time, Al Hassani does not hesitate to blame Amazigh women to contribute to male "esclavisme" (86): women should not go to college, and must wear hijab and djellaba (61-62); "la lluita pels drets d'un mateix comenca a casa" (84).
Neigh-bours said he chanted prayers in the street, while one filmed him putting out a wheelie bin in Fallowfield, Manchester, wearing a brown djellaba with the hood pulled up over his head.