dupatta

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi दुपट्टा (dupaṭṭā)

Noun

dupatta (plural dupattas)

  1. (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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References
  • OED 2006
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