Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chador

/ˈtʃɑdɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.68 in modern English

Syllables: chador
IPA: /ˈtʃɑdɚ/

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A loose robe made from a single cloth, worn as a combination head covering, veil and shawl by chiefly Muslim women (and occasionally by those of other faiths) in Iran and South Asia.

Example Sentences

"Holonym: hijab"
"The Commodities are infinite: […] Pintados, Chints and Chadors, Shashes and Girdles, Cannakens[…]"
"If those tablets were in Arabia, I'd put on a chador and burn my driver's licence and go there."
"The first few times Dolly stepped out into the city, cloaked by a chaddar that impaired her vision, she intuitively grabbed Sekond Lal's hand."

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi चादर (cādar) / Urdu چادَر (cādar), from Classical Persian چَادُر (čādur) or چَادَر (čādar), from Sanskrit छत्त्र (chattra). Doublet of chatra and chatta. Spelling possibly influenced by modern Iranian Persian چادُر (čâdor) or another language.

Origin

Source language: Sanskrit

Word Breakdown

Root: چادَر, چَادُر, छत्त्र

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈtʃɑdɚ/
British English: /ˈtʃɑːdə(ɹ)/

Inflected Forms

chadors (plural) chadar (alternative) chaddar (alternative) chuddar (alternative) chadah (alternative) chader (alternative) chadur (alternative) chuddah (alternative) chudder (alternative) chuddur (alternative) chudah (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

aba abaya burka chadri niqab

Synonyms

buibui chadar chaddar chuddar

Questions

How do you pronounce chador?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtʃɑdɚ/.
What does chador mean?: A loose robe made from a single cloth, worn as a combination head covering, veil and shawl by chiefly Muslim women (and occasionally by those of other faiths) in Iran and South Asia.
Where does chador come from?: It is traced to Sanskrit.

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