Mansoojat Foundation

Glossary of terms (clothing, accessories, names of objects and stitches)

Aba (عباءة)

Cloak

Adhyah (عظية)

Jazan dress worn second day after wedding

Aghabani (اغبانى)

Kind of machine embroidery

Bayrum (بيرم)

(Hudheyl) square headdress

Bukhnuq (بخنق)

Bani Sa'ad tribe, Harb tribe, and Rashaidah tribe, a woman's headdress that has an opening for the head and the length of the rest of the fabric hangs in the back

Burqu’ (برقع)

Face mask

Daqlah (دقلة)

(Hijaz) Men’s overcoat, tailored, straight cut with Chinese collar and six buttons.
Worn: formal occasion white, worn under the jubbah and depending on the fashion of the day ¾ length or long.
(Najd) Like an overcoat criss cross cut with side tie.

Foutah (فوطة)

Sarong

Ghutrah / sumadah (غتره صماده)

Square cloth headdress worn by men could be referred to as 'kuffiyeh' in the northern regions

Hat’tah (حطه)

(Rashaidah) Square material put on the head as part of a headdress
(Jazan) Jabal Fifa hat for men and women

Iqal (عقال)

Rope like head-band worn by men and women to hold headdress

Iqal women

(Harb, Sulaym some Taif tribes) Rope like band used to hold headdress

Jubbah (جبه)

(Hail) Overcoat (open and criss-cross cut)
(Hijaz) Straight open overcoat with no buttons can be any colour (beige, grey, brown and for the evening dark colours)

Jubbah Aghawat (اغوات)

Jubbah for eunuchs

Kanteel (كنتيل)

Embroidery with gold or silver thread

Khoray’aan (خريان)

Small coloured glass beads

Koofiah (كوفييه)

Cap for men to wear either alone or under other headdress

Maqtoo’ (مقطوع)

(Najd) men’s thobe with large triangular sleeves

Marbat (مربط)

(Rashaidah) braided hair wrap

Massar Mutallal (مبصر متلل)

(Jazan) A triangular women’s headpiece that is embroidered with gold thread

Mataweeh (مطاويح)

Woman’s headdress

Men’s Aba

Cloak

Meyl fabric (ميل)

Jazan Chiffon fabric embroidered with gold thread in a bird / peacock motif. Used to come from Aden but now comes from India and Pakistan

Milayah (ملايه)

(Hijaz) outdoor wrap of two fabric widths sewn together to form a large square. Worn over the head to envelope the body for women to go out. Imported from either India or Indonesia and could be silk or cotton. It stopped being in use around the 1950’s

Misfa’ (مسفع)

Rectangular shaped headdress for women

Mubaqar (مبقر)

Name of Thaqeef thobe style of Al-Shafa region

Mudawarah (مدوره)

(Hijaz) square gauze fabric wrapped around the head

Murowdin Thobe

(Najd) men’s thobe with triangular long sleeves

Musaddah (مسدح)

Hudheyl woman’s thobe with overall tie-dye design

Naoorah (نا عو ره)

Name of flowery design on hand woven traditional Syrian textile
Ref. Mr. Hisham Nokta, Souk el Khayattin, Damascus 2004

Qamees (قميص)

Jazan elderly women’s tulle over dress tunic

Qarqoosh (قرقوش)

Ladies’ headdress sits like a hat but has a train in the back that reaches below the shoulders, used in Taif and by Harb tribe

Qiladah (قلادة)

Jazan women’s necklace

Qina’a (قناع)

Harb large head rectangular head-cover

Qubqaab (قبقاب)

Slipper usually a flat surface elevated on two platforms used for the bathroom. Could be wood or silver

Ridayah (رداية)

Woman’s headdress

Shambar (شمبر)

(Hijaz) triangular fabric or crochet piece to wear against the hair to keep the 'mihrama' from slipping

Shayah (شايه)

Hijaz men’s coat with criss cross tie worn over the thobe and under the Jubbah. The shayah can be white, striped, or printed and worn optionally with a cummerbund

Sidriyah

Mens vest to wear over thobe
Underwear for women

Tafashah (طفشة)

Asir straw hat with short top but large brim

Tal’li (تلي)

Embroidery with flattened gold or silver thread

Thobe

Robe for men or women

Toor (تور)

Tulle thobe from Najd

Ukwah (عكوة)

Jazan, Jabal Fifa men’s iqal

Usabah (عصابة)

Jazan women’s triangular gold embroidered headdress
Bani Sa'ad tribe a woman's head band

Wizrah (وزرة)

Sarong men and women

Zaboon (زبون)

Name of Hijaz ladies’ dress worn under thobe