chador
4
9.3
- noun
- /ʧɑːˈdɔːr/
:
chador
- Shusha came barefoot and sleepy, her chador wrapped loosely around her waist, and for a moment stood above Roxanna without noticing the feathers.
- wearing a chador
- women wearing a chador
Examples
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Up ahead, women in black chadors are running across the highway.
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Many women wore chadors while marching in the streets to protest the repressive regime.
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Her mother wore the chador voluntarily.
Fiction book (2000) -
Only in Qom do more women wear the chador.
Academic text (2002) -
Shahida and I both put our chadors back up on our heads.
Academic text (2003) -
Yet her chador and genuine feeling of sisterhood with the women she meets along the way transform her interactions with them.
Academic text (2010) -
Many women wore the chadors while marching in the streets to protest the repressive regime.
Academic text (2010) -
Prior to the revolution in 1979 in Iran, women were prohibited from wearing religious head coverings called chadors as expressions of their faith.
Academic text (2010) -
On the ground, I was confronted by grim-faced women in black chadors who scrutinized my passport and then, very cordially, let me in.
Academic text (2002) -
Some women wear the chador, a long typically black robe that drapes from head to toe.
Synonyms
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5.2
A cloth some Muslim women wear to cover their hair and neck for modesty
10
2.3
A piece of cloth often worn by women on the head for warmth, to cover hair, or for style
A large cloth that women cover their head and shoulders with for modesty or respect
A large cloth women wrap over their head and shoulders
A large cloth women wear over their head and shoulders as a veil or shawl
A long headscarf that covers hair, neck, shoulders and hangs just above the waist
How Modest
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chador comes from Persian chādor, which means 'tent' or 'large cloth'. A helpful image is a small 'tent' you wear to 'cover' your head and body, which is why a chador is a large piece of cloth women use for covering.