Robe vs Dishdasha - What's the difference?
robe | dishdasha |
A long loose outer garment, often signifying honorary stature.
* Shakespeare
(US) The skin of an animal, especially the bison, dressed with the fur on, and used as a wrap.
To clothe someone in a robe.
An ankle-length robe with long sleeves worn by some Arab men.
*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=May 1, author=Joe Drape, title=Bloodlines Worth Their Weight in Gold, work=New York Times
, passage=Sheik Mohammed switched from a gold dishdasha to a black one, gave out one trophy after another, and indicated that the Dubai World Cup, the world’s richest race, was going to get richer because he intended to plump its $6 million purse to $10 million. }}
As nouns the difference between robe and dishdasha
is that robe is a long loose outer garment, often signifying honorary stature while dishdasha is an ankle-length robe with long sleeves worn by some Arab men.As a verb robe
is to clothe someone in a robe.robe
English
Noun
(en noun)- Through tattered clothes small vices do appear; / Robes and furred gowns hide all.
Verb
Derived terms
* berobedAnagrams
* ----dishdasha
English
Noun
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