pitambar

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Hindi.

Noun[edit]

pitambar (plural pitambars)

  1. (India) A yellow silk cloth or shawl.
    • 1950, AJ Agarkar, Folk-dance of Maharashtra, page 78:
      He wears a pitambār – a costly silk garment, which is his traditional dress.
    • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 76:
      Her gods and goddesses sat on a yellow pitambar which covered a raised platform.
    • 2008, Vinny Chitluri, Baba's Vaani: His Sayings and Teachings, page 17:
      Indeed she did have a pitambar in her trunk. She had bought it a long time ago and forgotten about it.
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