Clothes in Gulf Arabic, ملابس Names of clothes in Arabic with audio flashcards. Clothes in Arabic vocabulary word list with native audio pronunciation. The word for Clothes in Arabic is ملابس,malaabis. All Items of Arab traditional clothing and accessories such as thoubثوب ghutra,غترة shumghah,شماغة kandura,(gandura)كنورة Keffiyeh كوفية,Igal عقال masarr,مصر, hats, scarves, shoes, cravats, “Arabic dresses”, necklaces, and socks. Islamic Clothing “Clothing in Arabic” is either masculine or feminine in grammatical gender regardless of which person is wearing.
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Arab clothes.
ملابس
malaabis
Clothes
قميص
qamiis
A shirt
Plural
قمصان
qumsaan
Shirts
بلوزة
bluusah
A Blousa
plural
بلايز
balaayis
Blouses
فستان
Fustaan
Dress
plural
فساتين
fasaatiin
Dresses.
فنيلة
faniilah
T.shirt
Plural
فنايل
fanaayil
T-Shirts
تنورة
tanuurah
Skirt
ثوب
thuub
Athoub
عَباية
3abaayah
Abayah
بشت
Bisht
Traditional man’s cloak
غُترة
Ghutrah
Is a traditional headdress worn by Arab Man
قحفية
Gahfiyah
men’s hat
شيلة
Shylah
Female’s head scarf
بتولة
Battoulah
Arab females’ face mask
دلاغات
dilaaghaat
Socks
ملابس داخلية
malaabis daakhiliyah
Underwear
جوتي رياضة
Sneakers/joggers/Sports shoes
جوتي
Juuti
shoes
Notes ملاحظات
Traditional Clothes have different regional
names and designs within the Gulf
Traditional Clothes around the Gulf Arab states
Qatar
Qatar Men’s Traditional and Modern Clothing
What do Qatari men wear? Qatari men wear thoubs with different colors and trousers under the thoubs, white, and red Ghurah Ga7fiyah,
ثياب قطرية
Qatari thoubs(ثياب)) are often shiny and occasionally have a long stiff tassel or short Pocket. They come in a variety of colors like black green brown and blue.
Qatari Men’s headdresses are ga7fiyah, ghutra, and Igal.
In Qatar, the ghurta is worn in 5 different ways
- The cobra style
- Trimba style طرمبة
- Half cobra nis kobra نص كوبرا
- Wedding style (mi3ris معرس)
- Business casual
Modern Clothes, of course, Qatari men wear western clothes like Jeans, trousers, pants, suits whatever they like to wear. *Note that you can not wear female clothes,
Women’s Clothes
How do women in Qatar dress?
Qatari Women’s clothing
Qatari women usually wear black abayas along with
a black veil called Shyla and a face-covering burgh.
Battoulah is also a Qatari female’s traditional facemask with eye holes.
Kuwait
Kuwaiti Men’s Clothing
dishdaasha kuweeytiya دشاديش كويتية
Kuwaiti دشداشة Dishdaaddish (Thoubes) noted for their use of high-quality materials, features a one-button with a slim fit.
Bishit is a men’s cloak
Kuwaiti Dishdaashah,(plural dishaadish), is known as a thoub ثوب in Qatar, Bahrain, and Eastern Saudi Arabia.
Kuwaiti men’s headdresses are Ga7fiyah, white ghutra, and a chequered red and white Ghutra worn in the winter
Ghutra, Balance created by the Ghutra at symmetrical knights on the shoulders and then shown each over the head to create the shape of a scale when viewed from the face.
Kuwaiti Women’s Clothes
Kuwaiti women wear thobes, Abaya, daraa3a a short black veil called Burqa and Boshiyah
Bahrain
Men’s Traditional Clothing
Bahraini Thoubs are loose fitting with a soft shirt collar, they feature occasional details like a shirt pocket.
Bahraini women’s Clothes
Bahraini women wear
a silk thoub with decoration called thoub in-nashaal and
Mishmar, abayas along with Shyla.
Saudi Arabia
Men’s Traditional and Modern Clothing
ثياب السعوية
Saudi thoubs are a tight fit with a two-button collar with short sleeves made to have cufflinks
Men’s headdresses Taaqiyah, Shamag (Ghutra) and Igal
There are 10 ways that Saudi men wear the ghutra
1- the Eagle
2- VIP government
3-Modest
4-Teacher style
5- Schoolboy style
6- butterfly
7- Bint aalbakar
8- Balance
9- Abu Rashidh
10- Cobra style
Saudi women’s Clothing
Saudi women’s clothing, Saudi females usually wear black Abayas, black headscarves, Khimaar, niqab along with a black veil, known as Shyla.
Oman
Oman men’s Clothing
Omani Dishdaadish (Thoubes) are colorless with short loose tassels attached just above the chest, Often colorful known as furakha or tarbousha, on special occasions Omani might wear a white thoube along with a tamjiin belt and khanjar.
The Omani thoubs also come in a variety of colors like black, green, and brown,
Omani men’s headdresses
Masarr is a hat embroidered with colorful patterns and personalized details worn by Omanis, unlike the Ghutra found in the rest of The Gulf Arab states.
Omani ruling family wears a turban called al3umaama as-sa3iidiyya العمامة السعيدية
Omani women’s clothing there are several traditional clothes commonly worn throughout the sultanate of Oman.
Omani Women wear wing vivid textiles and a combination of various garments. There are various regional styles of dress for women in Sultane.
The white skullcap is called Ga7fiyah قحفية in Qatar and Bahrain,
Ghortah غترة is a chequered red and white headdress, worn in the winter In Jordan, Palestine, and Syria is it known as Kaffiyeh
In Saudi Arabia, it is called Shumaghah.
The United Arab Emirates
Men’s Clothing
Emirati men wear long white thoubs known as Kandoura, Ghurtra with igal,
كنادير الاماراتية
Emirati Kanaadir (thoubs) have no collar they have a long loose tassel and matching embroidery on the sleeves
There are different ways that Emirati men wear the Ghutra
1-The formal way
2-Hamdaniya style is the more informal way to wear it.
Womens Clothing
Arab woman’s Traditional clothing
Hijab derived from Jilbaab as mentioned in The Holly Quran is an Islamic cover for Muslim females
The black head veil is called milfa3 ملفع (plural. malaaf3ah ملافع),
Sarwaal, diraa3a
Girls wear surwaal a trousers with daraa3ah and Bukhnug بخنق(plural Bakhaanigبخانق )
thoob in-nashal decorated overdress worn in weddings and other celebrations such as Eid.
3abaa / 3abaayah or daffa (Plural dfaaf) is a black cloak worn by Arab females
Traditional facemasks for females
The face veil with eye holes is called burgu3 برقع (plural baraagi3 براقع) , in Qatar, it is called Battoulah بتولة (plural Bataatiil بتاتيل ) or burgu3
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