chadar

Examples

• All

• The woman wore a chadar to cover her head while attending the religious ceremony.

• In the warm sun, she pulled her chadar closer to shield her face from the bright light.

• The chadar, often mistakenly referred to in the West as a burqa, is a head-to-toe covering of Indian origin that has a mesh cloth over the facial area to allow the wearer to see and breathe.

  Academic text (2002)

Synonyms

C

chador

vschadar

4 9.3

A large cloth some Muslim and Hindu women wear to cover their head and body, leaving the face visible

is similar but focuses on draping the body for modesty rather than face exposure

C

chaddar

vschadar

• Indian

9.9

A large cloth women wrap over their head and shoulders

is the general term for the same large draped covering used for modesty

C

chuddar

vschadar

• Indian

9.9

A large cloth women wear over their head and shoulders as a veil or shawl

is the broader draped cloth used to cover head and body for modesty

K

khimar

vschadar

9.8

A long headscarf that covers hair, neck, shoulders and hangs just above the waist

is a more general large draped cloth that may cover more of the body

How Modest

burqa

6 7.5

chadar

• Indian

9.9

shawl

39 1.0

scarf

134 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology