chador
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From Hindi चादर (cādar), from Classical Persian چادر (čādar, čādur), from Sanskrit छत्त्र (chattra).[1][2] Doublet of chatra and chatta.
Spelling possibly influenced by modern Iranian Persian چادر (čâdor) or another language.
Noun
chador (plural chadors)
- A loose robe made from a single cloth, worn as a combination head covering, veil and shawl by chiefly Muslim women (and occasionally by those of other faiths) in Iran and South Asia.
- 1625, [Samuel] Purchas, “The English Ambassadors arrivall at Surat”, in Purchas His Pilgrimes. […], 1st part, London: […] William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, […], →OCLC, 1st book, page 530, line 42:
- The Commodities are infinite: […] Pintados, Chints and Chadors, Shashes and Girdles, Cannakens […]
- 2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 262:
- The first few times Dolly stepped out into the city, cloaked by a chaddar that impaired her vision, she intuitively grabbed Sekond Lal's hand.
Translations
a loose robe worn by women
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References
- James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Chuddar”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume II (C), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 401, column 1.
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