dishdasha

English

Alternative forms

• dishdash, dishdashi

Etymology

From Arabic دِشْدَاشَة (dišdāša).

Noun

dishdasha (plural dishdashas)

1. An ankle-length robe with long sleeves worn by some Arab men.
   • 2007 May 1, Joe Drape, “Bloodlines Worth Their Weight in Gold”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     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.

Synonyms

• kandura
• khameez
• suriyah
• thobe