A jellaba is a long, flowing garment worn by farmers in the Middle East. From Wordnik.com. [Arabic for Dummies]
The coins disappeared into the folds of his jellaba. From Wordnik.com. [The Eternal Mercenary]
The creature had stuffed a hand grenade in his jellaba. From Wordnik.com. [The Eternal Mercenary]
Swiftly the old man put on the Tuareg's jellaba, wrapping the veil over his face to leave only his eyes uncovered. From Wordnik.com. [The Eternal Mercenary]
Of course, children can't fit in the hood of the jellaba, but the hood is big enough that it symbolizes protection against the rain. From Wordnik.com. [Arabic for Dummies]
“Oh, I dunno,” says our informant, another sprightly juvenile, modishly clad in jellaba, brass-buttoned jacket, and pirate head-scarf. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman on the March]
The wait staff usually wears traditional jellaba (jeh-lah-bah), which are long, flowing garments that are pleasing to the eye, and the food is very exotic, spicy, and delicious. From Wordnik.com. [Arabic for Dummies]
Mamud wore his usual outfit of jellaba and turban while Langers, like the others, was in battle dress, French camouflage splinter pattern, a Mats-49 slung at his side, full-battle fit. From Wordnik.com. [The Eternal Mercenary]
Ms. Edidi was not wearing a full burqa or jellaba but only a headscarf. From Wordnik.com. Reference
But he does wear a distinctive jellaba, the traditional cloak, and has gray-blue eyes much like yours. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Eternal Mercenary]
We wuz glad ob teh jellaba n hed dress. From Wordnik.com. [And thus did Ceiling Cat - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
There's a song that farmers, students, and children sing when the rain starts falling: ah shta-ta-ta-ta-ta/` awlaad al-Harata; Sabbi, Sabbi, Sabbi/al-'awlad fii qubbi (ahsheh-tah-tah-tah-tah-tah/ah-ou-lad al-hah-rah-tah; sah-bee, sah-bee, sah-bee/al-ah-ou-lad fee koobee; Oh rain, rain, rain, rain, rain/Children of the plowman; Pour, pour, pour/The children are in the hood of my jellaba). From Wordnik.com. [Arabic for Dummies]
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