chador

[chuhd-er] Origin

chad·or

[chuhd-er]
noun
the traditional garment of Muslim and Hindu women, consisting of a long, usually black or drab-colored cloth or veil that envelops the body from head to foot and covers all or part of the face.
Also, chad·ar, chad·dar, chuddar.


Origin:
1605–15; < Hindi < Persian chaddar, chādur veil, sheet
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source Link To chador

00:10

00:09

00:08

00:07

00:06

00:05

00:04

00:03

00:02

00:01

Chador is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
Collins
World English Dictionary
chador (ˈtʃʌdə)
 
n
a variant spelling of chuddar

chuddar, chudder, chuddah or chador (ˈtʃʌdə)
 
n
a large shawl or veil worn by Muslim or Hindu women that covers them from head to foot
 
[from Hindi caddar, from Persian chaddar]
 
chudder, chudder, chuddah or chador
 
n
 
[from Hindi caddar, from Persian chaddar]
 
chuddah, chudder, chuddah or chador
 
n
 
[from Hindi caddar, from Persian chaddar]
 
chador, chudder, chuddah or chador
 
n
 
[from Hindi caddar, from Persian chaddar]

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon
Main Entry:  chador
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  See burka
Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon
Copyright © 2003-2012 Dictionary.com, LLC
Cite This Source
Etymonline
Word Origin & History

chador
"cloth worn as a shawl by Muslim women," from Persian chadar "tent, mantle, scarf, veil, sheet, table-cloth."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT