pagdi
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Noun
editpagdi (plural pagdis)
- (India) A turban.
- 1998, RC Sharma, Thar: The Great Indian Desert, page 80:
- The number of strips tied around a pagdi decides the status of a person, the colour signifies the occasion and the style shows the caste and clan.
- 2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 45:
- He wore a pagdi embroidered with gold and silver thread on his head, a tight-fitting intricately patterned angarkha, and tight pajamas buttoned at the ankles.