A traditional Islamic or Middle Eastern garment, possibly a variant of or related to the jellabah or similar long, loose-fitting outer robes.
From Arabic roots; likely a regional or dialectal variant of related garment names such as jellabah, djellaba, or galabiyah; exact etymology unclear due to regional variations.
Many traditional garments have multiple spellings in English because they come from different regional dialects and were spelled phonetically by different travelers—language meets culture in surprising ways!
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