solar topee

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English

Etymology

From Hindi [Term?] "sola" or "shola", the name of a plant, and "topi", a hat. The spelling solar probably arose from confusion with English solar (relating to the sun).

Noun

solar topee (plural solar topees)

  1. A pith helmet.