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haik

haik noun: a covering for the head and body worn by Arabs.

haik: a covering for the head and body worn by Arabs
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Noun

haik (plural haiks)

  1. A covering for the head and body worn by Arabs.
    • Woollen hayks for garments are manufactured here of a curious texture, extremely light and fine, called El Haik Filelly.1809, James Grey Jackson, An Account of the Empire of Marocco, section VI

Proper noun capitalized: Haik

Haik

  1. (alternative) Alternative spelling of Hayk.

Forms of haik

pluralhaiks
alternative formhaick
alternative formhaikh
alternative formhaique
alternative formhayk

Origin of haik

From Arabic حَيْك (ḥayk).

Questions about haik

What does haik mean?
Haik means a covering for the head and body worn by Arabs.
What part of speech is haik?
Haik can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of haik?
The plural of haik is haiks.

Words near haik in the dictionary

  1. Haihayas
  2. Haiheya
  3. Haiheyas
  4. Haihsi
  5. haii
  6. haik
  7. haikai
  8. haikal
  9. haikals
  10. haikh
  11. haikhs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: haik (page history and authors); Haik (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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