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n. A loose-fitting, ankle-length hooded robe worn by men in North Africa.
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Djellaba ( Moroccan Arabic: جلابة, Berber name: Aselham) is a North-African, long loose-fitting unisex outer robe with full sleeves, worn in the Maghreb region of North Africa and in Arabic-speaking countries along the Mediterranean.
Traditionally, djellabas are made of wool in different shapes and colours, although nowadays lightweight cotton djellabas have become popular. Among the Berbers, or Imazighen, such as Imilchil in the Atlas Mountains, traditionally the colour of a djellaba indicates the marital status (single or married) of the bearer—a dark brown djellaba indicating bachelorhood. Traditionally, djellabas reached down to the ground but lightweight djellabas are somewhat slimmer and shorter. Men often wear a light-coloured djellaba sometimes along with a traditional arab red fez hat and soft yellow babouche slippers ( balgha, Arabic) for religious celebrations and weddings.
Almost all djellabas of both styles (male or female) include a baggy hood called a qob (Arabic: قب) that comes to a point at the back. The hood is important for both sexes, as it protects the wearer from the sun, and in earlier times was used as a defence against sand being blown into the wearer's face by strong desert winds. In colder climes, as in the mountains of Morocco and Algeria, it also serves the same function as a winter hat, preventing heat loss through the head and protecting the face from snow and rain. It is not uncommon for the roomy hood to be used as a pocket during times of warm weather; it can fit loaves of bread or bags of groceries.
Traditional djellabas are generally made of two types of material, cotton for summer wear and coarse wool for the winter. The wool is typically obtained from sheep living in the surrounding mountains.
Usage examples of "djellaba".
Feisel were safely gone, then put on the djellaba, chose his best braided headrope to hold his keffia in place, and slipped out through the courtyard without encountering anybody.
He hunched his neck down inside his djellaba and prepared to blend with the holiday traffic streaming by.
The man in the striped djellaba, a dozen yards down the street by now, turned and pounded across the pavement to join the quartet.
Hamid-Jones felt out of place in his hastily thrown-on djellaba with the cuffs of his work trousers peeking out from under the hem.
He wore a thin djellaba through which his skin gleamed, his beard and hair dark against the glow.
In the orchard, wearing his Saracen djellaba and Toledan cap, the Marquis was taking his siesta in the hammock, his entire body covered by orange blossoms.
Yolande laughed and held up her arms for the serf to slide the Moorish-style striped djellaba over her head.
Then, when his trembling fingers were slow at divesting him of his own garments, she whisked off his djellaba as deftly as she had removed the bird cage cover.
Rhodes was maskless, wearing an airy-looking white cotton djellaba imprinted with bold Egyptian motifs.
He wore immaculately polished black boots and loose linen trousers under a scarlet djellaba, and was smoking a black cigarillo.
Pushing his legs out straight, he swept his djellaba aside revealing his rigid shaft and with her legs on either side of his, he pulled her down onto him, facing away from him, his iron cock battering itself straight into her vagina.
She looked at his bare feet, the legs protruding from beneath his djellaba, his untidy sprawl.
Wynter found himself in the stable, arrayed in his white djellaba, a turban wrapped around his head.
Sinjin said, throwing a djellaba over his shoulders at the same time he accepted a curved dagger from Sahar.
A man with a turban and djellaba, and yellow slippers on his feet and a cane in his hand, like a Djibli.