Definition of Chadar

1. Noun. A cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women.

Exact synonyms: Chaddar, Chador, Chuddar
Generic synonyms: Head Covering, Veil

Definition of Chadar

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of chador) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chadar

1. chador [n -DARS or -DRI] - See also: chador

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chadar

chacked
chacking
chacks
chacma
chacma baboon
chacmas
chaco
chacoes
chaconine
chaconines
chaconne
chaconnes
chacos
chacun à son goût
chadar (current term)
chadarim
chadars
chaddar
chaddars
chaddi
chaddis
chaddor
chaddors
chadless
chadless punch
chadlock
chador
chadors
chadri

Literary usage of Chadar

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. India & Malaysia by James Mills Thoburn (1892)
"The lower Hindustani castes wear skirts heavily trimmed with colored silk and tinsel braid, small jackets with short sleeves, and a “chadar,” a garment ..."

2. Ranjit Síngh and the Sikh Barrier Between Our Growing Empire and Central Asia by Sir Lepel Henry Griffin (1898)
"This form of marriage was known as chadar ... The convenience of the chadar ... the object of securing the succession not being at issue, the chadar ..."

3. The Gospel in All Lands by Missionary Society, Methodist Episcopal Church (1902)
"The lower Hindustani castes wear skirts heavily trimmed, small jackets with short sleeves, and a "chadar," a garment which is two and ..."

4. Memoirs and Correspondence of Field-Marshal Viscount Combermere, G. C. B by William Wallingford Knollys (1866)
"In the year 1795, when already an elderly woman, she determined, contrary to the advice of her friends, * The chadar is a long sort of sheet worn by the ..."

5. Behramji M. Malabari; a Biographical Sketch by Dayaram Gidumal (1888)
"These spots which are on the chadar before the Court are of her blood. I washed it in the river there and again in the tank of ..."

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