dupatta
English
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editBorrowed from Hindi दुपट्टा (dupaṭṭā)
Noun
editdupatta (plural dupattas)
- (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.
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edit- OED 2006