chador
noun/ˈtʃɑːdɔː(r)/
/ˈtʃɑːdɔːr/
- a large piece of cloth that covers a woman’s head and upper body so that only the face can be seen, worn by some Muslim womenTopics Religion and festivalsc2Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Urdu chādar, chaddar, from Persian čādar ‘sheet or veil’.
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