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Also known as plis, qylat

thumb|upright|Old man of Has (region)|Has of Prizren wearing a qeleshe The ', also known as and ', is a white brimless felt skull cap traditionally worn by Albanians. It has spread throughout Albanian-inhabited territories, and is today part of the traditional costume of the Albanians. The height and shape of the cap varies region to region.

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Subclass of
cap
Material used
wool
Image
Kuq e zi (cropped).jpg
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Commons category
Qeleshe
indigenous to
Albania
color
white
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thumb|upright|Old man of Has (region)|Has of Prizren wearing a qeleshe The ', also known as and ', is a white brimless felt skull cap traditionally worn by Albanians. It has spread throughout Albanian-inhabited territories, and is today part of the traditional costume of the Albanians. The height and shape of the cap varies region to region.

==Etymology== thumb|upright|Portrait of a young Albanian soldier wearing a qeleshe. Oil on canvas by Charles Bargue (1826–1883). In Albanian: or , or , or .

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “qeleshe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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