1 agal | Definition of agal

agal

noun
\ ə-ˈgäl\
plural -s

Definition of agal

: a cord usually of goat's hair that Arabs (as the Bedouins) wind around their heads to hold down the kerchieflike headdress

First Known Use of agal

1853, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for agal

borrowed from vernacular forms (with reduction or effacement of the first vowel and [g] for q) of Arabic ʽiqāl “headband”

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