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[
kuhm
-er-buhnd
]
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cum·mer·bund
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ˈkʌm
ərˌbʌnd
/
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kuhm
-er-buhnd
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noun
a wide sash worn at the waist, especially a horizontally pleated one worn with a tuxedo.
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kummerbund.
Origin:
1610–20;
<
Hindi
kamarband
loin-band <
Persian
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World English Dictionary
cummerbund
or
kummerbund
(ˈkʌməˌbʌnd)
—
n
a wide sash, worn with a dinner jacket
[C17: from Hindi
kamarband,
from Persian, from
kamar
loins, waist +
band
band]
kummerbund
or
kummerbund
—
n
[C17: from Hindi
kamarband,
from Persian, from
kamar
loins, waist +
band
band]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Word Origin & History
cummerbund
1616, from Hindi kamarband "loin band," from Pers. kamar "waist" + band "something that ties," from Avestan banda- "bond, fetter," from PIE base *bhendh- "to bind" (see
bend
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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