tarboosh
noun/tɑːˈbuːʃ/
/tɑːrˈbuːʃ/
- a man’s small red hat with a tassel on the topTopics Clothes and Fashionc2Word Originearly 18th cent.: from Egyptian Arabic ṭarbūš, based on Persian sarpūš, from sar ‘head’ + pūš ‘cover’.
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