chuddar

9.9

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

noun

Indian

: chuddar

Many women in the village choose to wear a chuddar as part of their traditional attire.

Examples

During the ceremony, the bride wore a beautifully embroidered chuddar over her shoulders.
Arab girls who insist on wearing chuddars, the chador, veil, or covering in our schools are not French and don't want to be...

Academic text (2003)
She wrapped her hair in a chuddar to protect it from the sun while walking outside.

Synonyms

chador

vschuddar

4 9.3

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

is mainly a head covering without necessarily covering the entire body

pashmina

vschuddar

4 6.3

A soft, light cloth worn over the shoulders or around the neck

is used as a head covering rather than a fine wool neck wrap

khimar

vschuddar

1 9.8

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

is a general head or shoulder covering without fixed length or style

chadar

vschuddar

Indian

1 9.9

A large cloth that women cover their head and shoulders with for modesty or respect

is used mainly as a head covering without stressing full body draping

chaddar

vschuddar

Indian

1 9.9

A large cloth women wrap over their head and shoulders

is the broader term without regional emphasis or cultural marker

How Covering

veil

89 3.4

chuddar

Indian

9.9

headscarf

9 2.3

scarf

207 1.0

Surface Forms

chuddar singular

chuddars plural

Etymology

Chuddar comes from Hindi and Urdu chadar, which means 'sheet' or 'cover'. Think of it as a large cloth that 'covers' the head or shoulders, so women wear a chuddar as a veil or shawl.