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