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kurta

kurta noun: a traditional article of clothing worn in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, consisting of a loose, collarless, long-sleeved, knee-length shirt worn by both men and women.

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Noun

kurta (plural kurtas)

  1. A traditional article of clothing worn in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, consisting of a loose, collarless, long-sleeved, knee-length shirt worn by both men and women.
    • He wore a white cotton kurta to the festival.
    • Now her fingers began to unbutton the ivory studs that ran slantwise across the chest of his kurta.2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 44

kurta meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

kurta in Hindi

Indian shirt
कुरता kurtā, कुर्ता kurtā

kurta in Marathi

Indian shirt
कुरता kurtā

kurta in Urdu

Indian shirt
کرتا kurtā

kurta in Bengali

Indian shirt
কুরতা kurota
More languagesFewer languages
kurta in Telugu
కుర్తా kurtā
kurta in Malayalam
കുർത്ത
kurta in Punjabi
ਕੁੜਤਾ kuṛtā
kurta in Gujarati
ઝભ્ભો jhabhbho
kurta in Nepali
कुर्ता kurtā
kurta in Arabic
قرطق
kurta in Indonesian
kurta

Forms of kurta

pluralkurtas
alternative formkhurta
alternative formkurti

Origin of kurta

Borrowed from Hindi कुरता (kurtā)/Urdu کرتا (kurtā), from Classical Persian کرته (kurta).

Questions about kurta

What does kurta mean?
Kurta means a traditional article of clothing worn in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, consisting of a loose, collarless, long-sleeved, knee-length shirt worn by both men and women.
What is kurta in Hindi?
Kurta in Hindi is कुरता (kurtā), कुर्ता (kurtā). See Kurta meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is kurta?
Kurta is a noun.
What is the plural of kurta?
The plural of kurta is kurtas.

Words near kurta in the dictionary

  1. Kursk
  2. Kursk Oblast
  3. Kurson
  4. Kursons
  5. Kurt
  6. kurta
  7. kurtas
  8. Kurtenbach
  9. Kurtenbachs
  10. Kurth
  11. Kurths

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: kurta (page history and authors); kurta (Malayalam Wiktionary) (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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