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telekung

/tələˈkuŋ/

telekung noun: a prayer garment, usually worn by Southeast Asian Muslim women, consisting of two pieces: a loosely-draped one-piece hijab that extends to the knees and a long skirt that hides the feet.

Noun

telekung (usually uncountable, plural telekungs)

  1. (Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, usually) A prayer garment, usually worn by Southeast Asian Muslim women, consisting of two pieces: a loosely-draped one-piece hijab that extends to the knees and a long skirt that hides the feet.
    • The third type [of scarf] is the tudung dakwah or mini telekung (religious scarf).1984 January 9, A. Rahim A. Latiff, “Well covered:The scarves”, in The Straits Times, Singapore, retrieved 29 Oct 2017
    • A survey done in Universiti Kebangsaan (National University) showed that the percentage of female students wearing telekongs had shot up to 80 per cent from 15 per cent in 1973-1974.1984 December 2, Frieda Koh, “Pas-Umno fight changes people's ways”, in Singapore Monitor, retrieved 29 Oct 2017

Examples of telekung in a sentence

  • When everyone is ready, Faridah, who dons a telekung (prayer wear), and her family position themselves to face the kiblat (direction of Mekah).2013 August 8, Mei Fung Lee, “Daily struggles not a barrier to fasting”, in The Jakarta Post, Indonesia, retrieved 29 Oct 2017:
  • Daily necessities include women’s clothing, telekung (a prayer robe for women), men’s clothing, children’s clothing and school bags.2015 February 23, Hassanal Harries, “Finding meaning through helping others”, in The Brunei Times, Brunei, retrieved 29 Oct 2017:
  • KUALA TERENGGANU: A 56-year-old trader lost about RM40,000 when her stall was broken into by thieves who carted away telekung that was for sale and cash on Saturday.2015 July 27, Zarina Abdullah, “Woman loses RM40k after thieves break into telekung stall”, in New Straits Times, Malaysia, retrieved 29...
  • The telekung, worn by Muslim women to pray, traditionally comes in white.2017 March 15, Aznim Ruhana Md Yusup, “Fashion ambivalence”, in New Straits Times, Malaysia, retrieved 29 Oct 2017:

Forms of telekung

pluraltelekungs
alternative formtelekong

Origin of telekung

From Malay telekung.

Questions about telekung

What does telekung mean?
Telekung means a prayer garment, usually worn by Southeast Asian Muslim women, consisting of two pieces: a loosely-draped one-piece hijab that extends to the knees and a long skirt that hides the feet.
How do you use telekung in a sentence?
When everyone is ready, Faridah, who dons a telekung (prayer wear), and her family position themselves to face the kiblat (direction of Mekah).
What part of speech is telekung?
Telekung is a noun.
How do you pronounce telekung?
Telekung is pronounced /tələˈkuŋ/.
What is the plural of telekung?
The plural of telekung is telekungs.

Words near telekung in the dictionary

  1. telekineticists
  2. telekinetics
  3. telekiosk
  4. telekiosks
  5. telekong
  6. telekung
  7. telekungs
  8. telelactation
  9. telelearner
  10. telelearners
  11. telelearning

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