English
haik
Haik comes from Arabic حَيْك.
- Arabicc. 500–presentحَيْكḥayk
- Englishearliest quotation 1809haik
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentحَيْكḥayk
- Englishearliest quotation 1809haik
Earliest quotation: 1809, James Grey Jackson, An Account of the Empire of Marocco: “Woollen hayks for garments are manufactured here of a…”
Every English word from Arabic حَيْك
Today it means
noun A covering for the head and body worn by Arabs.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic حَيْك / haik