chuddar

American  

[chuhd-er] / ˈtʃʌd ər /

Or chudder

noun

1. a variant of chador.

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chuddar British  

/ ˈtʃʌdə /

noun

1. a large shawl or veil worn by Muslim or Hindu women that covers them from head to foot

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Etymology

Origin of chuddar

from Hindi caddar, from Persian chaddar

Example Sentences

The other had a magnificent gold embroidered crimson velvet jacket, a green chuddar, and pink stockings.

From Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life by Child-Villiers, Margaret Elizabeth Leigh

After a great deal of palaver she consented to lift a corner of her chuddar, and, while shielding the other part of her face, to uncover her eyes.

From Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East by Hume-Griffith, A.

Quite two hundred ladies were present, each one dressed in gorgeous silks and satins, and all wearing the graceful chuddar falling from the head.

From Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East by Hume-Griffith, A.