What is the difference...
 

between a candora & dish-dash? There is no punch-line, it's a genuine question!

Re: What is the difference...
 

Kandoora/kandoura/dishdasha/thobe - depends on where you come from.

Kandoora used to be the word of choice in the UAE, but somehow dishdasha has become very popular.

Then of course there are all the different styles - Emirati, Kuwaiti, Saudi, Omani, Qatari.

And don't even start about what the men wear underneath them because that's another conversation :):)

Re: What is the difference...
 

Hadn't heard of these two terms...when I was in Al Khobar (KSA)..they only spoke of thobes.

Re: What is the difference...
 

i have this feeling that none of the words is arabic

(althob) used by soudia arabia is closer to arabic but those two words ...i don't know maybe indian or iranian.

Re: What is the difference...
 

I always thought it was kandura...

according to wikipedia:

"A thawb or thobe (Arabic: ثوب‎, ṯawb), dishdasha (دشداشة, dišdāšä), kandura (كندورة, kandūrä) khameez (قميص, or Suriyah in Libya, qamīṣ) is an ankle-length garment, usually with long sleeves, similar to a robe."

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandura

Beardy - what would you call it?

Re: What is the difference...
 

we call it kandora or disdasha or thob... but i have this feeling that the first two are not arabic names of it.

thob or jelbab are for sure an arabic words.

Re: What is the difference...
 

Well thank you all for clarifying!!

Re: What is the difference...
 

i am not sure yet .. it is just feeling.