Kurta

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A traditional article of clothing worn in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, consisting of a loose, collarless, long-sleeved, knee-length shirt worn by both men and women.

    "Now her fingers began to unbutton the ivory studs that ran slantwise across the chest of his kurta."

  2. 2
    a loose collarless shirt worn by many people on the Indian subcontinent (usually with a salwar or churidars or pyjama) wordnet

Example

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"Now her fingers began to unbutton the ivory studs that ran slantwise across the chest of his kurta."

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi कुरता (kurtā)/Urdu کرتا (kurtā), from Classical Persian کرته (kurta).

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knee lengthsri lanka

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