fez

Meaning

Noun

A felt hat in the shape of a truncated cone, having a flat top with a tassel attached.

Origin

From Ottoman Turkish فس (modern Turkish fes), named after Fez, Morocco, (capital of the Kingdom of Morocco until 1927), where the dye to colour the hat was extracted from crimson berries.

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