tarbushi

How to say it

Meaning

a brimless, usually red felt hat, a fez or tarboosh.

Good to know

tarboosh, fez. tarehe, tarihi; date; date of birth; chronology; chronicle, history, bitare- he. dated. (in letters). Itari LPers.J; small drum, tambou- rine; tari (a dance for exorcising spirits). nan pi. of utari

Examples

• Alivaa tarbushi wakati wa sikukuu.He wore a fez during the festival.
• Tarbushi ile ilikuwa na kishada kirefu.That fez had a long tassel.
• Wazee wengine bado huvaa tarbushi msikitini.Some elders still wear the fez at the mosque.