Definition of Kurta

1. Noun. A loose collarless shirt worn by many people on the Indian subcontinent (usually with a salwar or churidars or pyjama).

Generic synonyms: Shirt

Definition of Kurta

1. Noun. A traditional article of clothing worn in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, consisting of a loose, collarless, long-sleeved, knee-length shirt worn by both men and women. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Kurta

1. a shirt worn in India [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kurta

kuri
kuri-chiku
kuriologic
kuris
kurma
kurmas
kurnakovite
kurnakovites
kurrajong
kurrajongs
kurrat
kurre
kurres
kursaal
kursaals
kurta (current term)
kurtas
kurtoses
kurtosis
kurtosises
kurumsakite
kurus
kurvey
kurveyed
kurveying
kurveyor
kurveyors
kurveys
kusachiite

Literary usage of Kurta

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

1. The Hindu Law: Being a Treatise on the Law Administered Exclusively to by Herbert Cowell (1870)
"Position of the kurta—Eight to Maintenance—Power to aliene the Family Estate to provide Maintenance—The Joint Right to Maintenance—The various Rights of ..."

2. The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany (1827)
"This brave action obtained f<>r him and kurta ... Taw«o the possession of Ramnad, and to place kurta ..."

3. Hand-book of the Economic Products of the Punjab: With a Combined Index and by Baden Henry Baden-Powell (1872)
"The " kurta " is н full-cut tunic, with large open sleeves reaching a little ... the " kurta " ù discarded, in the Bar it is never seen, indeed the man who' ..."

4. The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its Dependencies (1827)
"This brave action obtained for him and kurta ... the possession of Ramnad, and to place kurta ... kurta ..."

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