chador

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Hindi चादर (cādar) / Urdu چادر, from Classical Persian چادر (čādar, čādur), from Sanskrit छत्त्र (chattra).[1][2] Doublet of chatra and chatta.

Spelling possibly influenced by modern Iranian Persian چادر (čâdor) or another language.

Noun

chador (plural chadors)

  1. A loose robe made from a single cloth, worn as a combination head covering, veil and shawl by chiefly Muslim women (and occasionally by those of other faiths) in Iran and South Asia.
    Synonym: buibui
    Holonym: hijab
    Coordinate terms: aba, abaya, burka, chadri, niqab
    • 1625, [Samuel] Purchas, “The English Ambassadors arrivall at Surat”, in Purchas His Pilgrimes. […], 1st part, London: […] William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, […], →OCLC, 1st book, page 530, line 42:
      The Commodities are infinite: […] Pintados, Chints and Chadors, Shashes and Girdles, Cannakens […]
    • 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 402:
      If those tablets were in Arabia, I'd put on a chador and burn my driver's licence and go there.
    • 2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 262:
      The first few times Dolly stepped out into the city, cloaked by a chaddar that impaired her vision, she intuitively grabbed Sekond Lal's hand.

Descendants

  • → Italian: chador
  • → Portuguese: chador

Translations

References

  1. ^ Chador in the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. ^ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Chuddar”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume II (C), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 401, column 1.

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From Hindi चादर (cādar) / Urdu چادر, from Classical Persian چادر (čādar, čādur), from Sanskrit छत्त्र (chattra).

Spelling possibly influenced by modern Iranian Persian چادر (čâdor) or another language.

Noun

chador c (singular definite chadoren, plural indefinite chadorer)

  1. chador

References

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English chador, from Hindi चादर (cādar), from Classical Persian چادر (čādar, čādur), from Sanskrit छत्त्र (chattra).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃaˈdɔr/
  • Rhymes: -ɔr
  • Hyphenation: cha‧dòr

Noun

chador m (invariable)

  1. chador (loose robe worn by Muslim women)

References

  • chador in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Iranian Persian چَادُر (čâdor), from Sanskrit छत्त्र (chattra).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃaˈdɔʁ/ [ʃaˈdɔh]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʃaˈdɔɾ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʃaˈdɔʁ/ [ʃaˈdɔχ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃaˈdɔɻ/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʃaˈdɔɾ/ [ʃaˈðɔɾ]
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /t͡ʃaˈdɔɾ/ [t͡ʃaˈðɔɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʃaˈdɔ.ɾi/ [ʃaˈðɔ.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: cha‧dor

Noun

chador m (plural chadores)

  1. (Islam) chador (a loose robe worn by Muslim women in certain countries)

See also

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian چادر (čādur), from Sanskrit छत्त्र (chattra).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃaˈdoɾ/ [t͡ʃaˈð̞oɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: cha‧dor

Noun

chador m (plural chadores)

  1. chador (robe)

Further reading

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