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kufi

Probably from Arabic كُوفِيَّة (kūfiyya, “keffiyeh”), perhaps via Swahili kofia (“hat”), though some sources suggest a connection to Yoruba fìlà (“cap”).

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Wiktionary: kufi (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wiktextract / kaikki.org

c. 1780Swahili

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c. 1780
c. 1800
c. 1820

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