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单词 agal
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agaln.

Brit. /aˈɡɑːl/, U.S. /ɑˈɡɑl/
Forms:

α. 1800s ageil, 1800s aghaal, 1800s– agal, 1800s– aghal, 1900s– ʿagaal, 1900s– agaal, 1900s– aggal, 1900s– aggale, 1900s– agghal, 1900s– egal, 1900s– igal, 2000s– igaal.

β. 1800s 'akkal, 1800s akkal, 1800s ukal, 1900s– ʿaqal, 1900s– iqaal, 1900s– ʿiqal, 1900s– iqal, 1900s– ʿuqal, 2000s– aqaal.

Origin: A borrowing from Arabic. Etymons: Arabic ʿiqāl, ʿaqāl, ʿuqāl.
Etymology: < a colloquial (Bedouin) pronunciation (see below) of Arabic ʿiqāl, (regional) ʿaqāl, ʿuqāl headband made of camel hair which holds the keffiyeh in place, specific use of ʿiqāl hobble, bond, rope.The pronunciation of the literary Arabic voiceless uvular plosive /q/ as /ɡ/ is characteristic of Bedouin dialects. In β. forms directly < the literary Arabic forms.
A headband worn by Bedouin Arab men to keep a keffiyeh or headdress in place.
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1853 A. H. Layard Discov. Nineveh & Babylon xi. 215 Those who are married dress entirely in white, with a white kerchief under their chins, and another over their heads held by the agal, or woollen cord, of the Bedouins.
1855 J. L. Porter Five Years in Damascus II. xi. 87 Instead of the ample white turban, he wore the kefîyeh and ageil of the Arabs.
1920 Blackwood's Mag. May 594/2 All three attired in costly silk robes and kefias and aggales (the band that secures the kefia or turban).
1951 A. Christie They came to Baghdad v. 41 The dignity of the Arab dress, the inevitable Keffiyah of black and white held in place by the black silk agal.
1986 A. B. Rugh Reveal & Conceal v. 82 The man almost invariably wears an agal... It helps keep his side vision free, and..can be used for tying bundles of goods.
2006 F. Gardner Blood & Sand (2007) vi. 263 I wore a red-and-white chequered headcloth..capped by an aqaal, the woven black rope that keeps it in place.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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