turban

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a head covering made by winding a long piece of cloth around the head, worn especially in several South Asian and religious traditions

   He wound a fresh blue turban before attending the Sikh ceremony.

2. 2
   noun

   a close-fitting brimless hat for women, shaped to resemble a wrapped turban

   She paired the velvet turban with a long evening coat.

Borrowed through French turban and Italian turbante from Ottoman Turkish tulbent, ultimately from Persian dulband 'turban'. Tulip belongs to the same borrowing history: Europeans associated the flower's shape with a wrapped turban.

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