Chador

//ˈtʃɑdɚ// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    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.

    "Holonym: hijab"

  2. 2
    a cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women wordnet

Synonyms

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buibuichadarchaddarchuddar

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"The Commodities are infinite: […] Pintados, Chints and Chadors, Shashes and Girdles, Cannakens[…]"

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi चादर (cādar) / Urdu چادَر (cādar), from Classical Persian چَادُر (čādur) or چَادَر (čādar), from Sanskrit छत्त्र (chattra). Doublet of chatra and chatta. Spelling possibly influenced by modern Iranian Persian چادُر (čâdor) or another language.

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