Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A chador.
- noun A cotton shawl traditionally worn in India by men and women.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
chador .
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- noun a cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Hindi caddar and Urdu čaddar, both from Persian čaddar, variant of čādor, čādar; see chador.]
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Examples
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In this light, AKP prominent names are searching for a formula which will open the doors of universities to students wearing headscarf, while preventing robe, turban and black chuddar with the new constitution.
Constitutional debate in Turkey Helen 2007
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In this light, AKP prominent names are searching for a formula which will open the doors of universities to students wearing headscarf, while preventing robe, turban and black chuddar with the new constitution.
Archive 2007-09-01 Richard 2007
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