gamucha
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editFrom Bengali গামুছা (gamucha) and Assamese গামোছা (gamüsa).
Noun
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- A traditional thin, coarse cotton cloth used in South Asia as a towel, scarf, loincloth, etc.
- 2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 6:
- A thin, scarlet-hued gamchha is usually fastened around his waist or wrapped around his head.