pallu

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See also: Pallu

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Punjabi, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hindi, and their source, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit.

Pronunciation

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Noun

pallu (plural pallus)

  1. (South Asia) The usually decorated end of a sari that hangs loose when worn. [from 19th c.]
    • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 45:
      She had pulled the pallu back over her head and her face.
    • 2004, Khushwant Singh, Burial at Sea, Penguin 2014, p. 116:
      Dressed in a simple grey cotton sari, her head covered with the pallu, she sat on a platform behind a table with a microphone.

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) pallū

  1. ablative supine of palleō
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