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khaddar

khaddar noun: a coarse homespun cotton cloth from India.

Noun

khaddar (usually uncountable, plural khaddars)

  1. (usually) A coarse homespun cotton cloth from India.
    • She wears only white khaddar saris and white khaddar blouses beneath which is her coarse bandage-tight bodice.1988, Bapsi Sidhwa, Ice-Candy Man, Daunt Books (2016), page 6

khaddar meaning in Bengali and Punjabi

khaddar in Bengali

khaddar, khadi, a hand-woven coarse cotton fabric
খদ্দর khoddor, খাদি khadi

khaddar in Punjabi

khaddar
ਖੱਦਰ khaddar

Forms of khaddar

pluralkhaddars
alternative formkhadar
alternative formkhadi

Origin of khaddar

Borrowed from Hindi खद्दर (khaddar).

Questions about khaddar

What does khaddar mean?
Khaddar means a coarse homespun cotton cloth from India.
What is khaddar in Bengali?
Khaddar in Bengali is খদ্দর (khoddor), খাদি (khadi). See Khaddar meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is khaddar?
Khaddar is a noun.
What is the plural of khaddar?
The plural of khaddar is khaddars.

Words near khaddar in the dictionary

  1. khadars
  2. khadd
  3. Khaddaffi
  4. Khaddafi
  5. Khaddafy
  6. khaddar
  7. khaddars
  8. khadds
  9. khademite
  10. Khader
  11. Khaders

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: khaddar (page history and authors); খদ্দর (Bengali) (page history and authors); ਖੱਦਰ (Punjabi) (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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