Meaning of 'turban' in Yoruba is: fila

turban: fila

Noun:

fila, taya, adé, amure.

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Noun(1) a traditional Muslim headdress consisting of a long scarf wrapped around the head(2) a small round woman's hat

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(1) Many Arabs wear traditional Muslim dress, which for men is a turban or other headdress and long robes, and for women is a long robe that covers the head and the entire body.(2) He put the robe over his plaid shirt and jeans, wrapped the turban up, and pulled the fluttering silk scarf over his brown beard.(3) It is difficult for us to see any reason why a Jew may not wear his yarmulke in court or a Sikh his turban .(4) In 1954, Yawata and 10 other fishermen in Kumi went to the islands on board a ship surrounded by five Japanese patrol boats, landed on the islands, and caught turban and ear shells.(5) Organ pipe coral is removed for its medicinal value, while the top shell and turban shell go to make buttons.(6) So many turbaned and veiled well wishers, all agreed she'd made a fine catch.(7) We had reached a marketplace that was bustling with people; women with covered heads and faces, turbanned men carrying swords in sheaths.(8) Local men wore turbans , and shalwar kameez with wool vests or sweaters.(9) Brightly coloured saris on graceful Indian women and striking turbans on erect Sikhs are not unfamiliar sights in our metropolitan areas or small college towns.(10) Gone are cotton loincloths and turbans in favor of microfiber stretch workout togs that wick perspiration away from the body.(11) For barefoot boys as young as four in tatty shirts, to turbaned men in their sixties, football is a passion.(12) The different Sufi orders were characterized by the style of their turbans and the folds of their gowns.(13) There were Berber men with daggers and turbaned heads, and women with colourful headscarves.(14) Shan men and women often wear large turbans wrapped from long lengths of cotton or bright terrycloth towels.(15) Wilson contrasts these turbanned and elegant Moors of yesteryear with today's Africans in Venice, who look like all hip global youth, in a wall of telling photographic details.