dupatta

English

Alternative forms

• dopatta, dooputty, dupata

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi दुपट्टा (dupaṭṭā)

Noun

dupatta (plural dupattas)

1. (South Asia) A double layer of cloth worn by women as a scarf, veil etc. [from 17th c.]
   • 2011, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Deepika Phukan, The Story of Felanee:

     Her dupatta slipped from her shoulders, as he encircled her waist with one hand.

   • 2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 284:

     Red bangles are stacked all the way to her elbows and her glittering scarlet dupatta is pinned to the high mound of her hair.

Synonyms

• odhni

References

• OED 2006