English
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi दुपट्टा (dupaṭṭā) / Urdu دوپَٹَّہ (dopaṭṭa).
Noun
dupatta (plural dupattas or dupatte)
- (South Asia) A double layer of cloth worn by women as a scarf, veil etc. [from 17th c.]
2011, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Deepika Phukan, The Story of Felanee:Her dupatta slipped from her shoulders, as he encircled her waist with one hand.
2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 284:Red bangles are stacked all the way to her elbows and her glittering scarlet dupatta is pinned to the high mound of her hair.
Synonyms
Translations
a scarf, veil
- Hindi: दुपट्टा (hi) f (dupaṭṭā), पर्दा (hi) m (pardā), घूँघट (hi) m (ghūṅghaṭ), उपरना (hi) m (uparnā), चद्दर (hi) m (caddar), ओड़नी f (oṛnī), चुन्नी (hi) f (cunnī), दुपट्टी (hi) f (dupaṭṭī), दुपटी (hi) f (dupṭī), दुपटा (hi) m (dupṭā), चादर (hi) f (cādar), ओढ़नी (hi) f (oṛhnī), ओढ़ना (hi) m (oṛhnā), परदा (hi) m (pardā), लिबास (hi) m (libās), रूप (hi) m (rūp), भेस (hi) m (bhes), चोला (hi) m (colā), मुखपट (hi) m (mukhpaṭ), चुग़ा m (cuġā), चोगा (hi) m (cogā), चोग़ा m (coġā), बुरका (hi) (burkā), बुरक़ा m (burqā), पट (hi) m (paṭ), परत (hi) m (parat), झिल्ली (hi) f (jhillī), पाट (hi) m (pāṭ), घुमटा (hi) m (ghumṭā), आवरण (hi) m (āvraṇ), ओट (hi) m (oṭ), अवगुंठन (hi) (avguṇṭhan), गुंठन (hi) (guṇṭhan), पट्टा (hi) m (paṭṭā), पिछौरा (hi) m (pichaurā), पछौरा (hi) m (pachaurā), गुण्ठन (hi) m (guṇṭhan), फरिया (hi) f (phariyā), उपरेना (hi) m (uprenā), फरिआ (hi) f (phariā), बेठन (hi) m (beṭhan)
- Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi: ਚੁੰਨੀ f (cunnī), ਦੁਪੱਟਾ m (dupaṭṭā)
- Shahmukhi: چُنّی f (cunnī), دوپَٹَّا m (dopaṭṭā)
- Sanskrit: अवगुण्ठन (sa) (avaguṇṭhana), उत्तरीय (sa) m (uttarīya), मुखपट (sa) m (mukhapaṭa)
- Urdu: دوپَٹَّہ m (dopaṭṭa), اوڑھْنی f (oṛhnī), پَرْدَہ m (parda)
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