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ghoonghat

ghoonghat noun: a headscarf worn by married Hindu, Jain and Sikh women.

ghoonghat: a headscarf worn by married Hindu, Jain and Sikh women
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Noun

ghoonghat (plural ghoonghats)

  1. (India) A headscarf worn by married Hindu, Jain and Sikh women.
  2. (India) The pallu of a sari when it is brought over the head and/or face, rather than allowed to dangle freely
    Synonyms:
    orhni

ghoonghat meaning in Hindi, Bengali and Gujarati

ghoonghat in Hindi

ghoonghat, veil
घूँघट ghūṅghaṭ

ghoonghat in Bengali

ghoonghat
ঘোমটা ghōmṭa

ghoonghat in Gujarati

ghoonghat
ઘૂમટો ghūmṭo

Synonyms of ghoonghat

Forms of ghoonghat

pluralghoonghats
alternative formghunghat

Origin of ghoonghat

Borrowed from Hindi घूँघट (ghūṅghaṭ).

Questions about ghoonghat

What does ghoonghat mean?
Ghoonghat means a headscarf worn by married Hindu, Jain and Sikh women.
What is ghoonghat in Hindi?
Ghoonghat in Hindi is घूँघट (ghūṅghaṭ). See Ghoonghat meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is ghoonghat?
Ghoonghat is a noun.
What is the plural of ghoonghat?
The plural of ghoonghat is ghoonghats.

Words near ghoonghat in the dictionary

  1. ghoomar
  2. ghoomars
  3. ghoomed
  4. ghooming
  5. ghooms
  6. ghoonghat
  7. ghoonghats
  8. ghoont
  9. ghoonts
  10. ghooral
  11. ghoorals

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ghoonghat (page history and authors); घूँघट (Hindi) (page history and authors); ঘোমটা (Bengali) (page history and authors); ઘૂમટો (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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