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shyrdak

shyrdak noun: a colourful stitched felt rug, traditionally hand-made in Central Asia.

shyrdak: a colourful stitched felt rug, traditionally hand-made in Central Asia
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Noun

shyrdak (plural shyrdaks)

  1. A colourful stitched felt rug, traditionally hand-made in Central Asia.
    • Mr. Curran places his dance in a warm setting, marked by reds and rusts; a vinyl printed collage of shyrdak felt rugs from the Tien Shan mountains hangs on the back wall, and stencils identical to the patterns from it are projected on to the red stage like textured spotlights.2015 October 8, Gia Kourlas, “Review: Seán Curran Company in a Cross-Cultural Exchange”, in New York Times

Forms of shyrdak

pluralshyrdaks

Origin of shyrdak

From Kyrgyz шырдак (şırdak).

Questions about shyrdak

What does shyrdak mean?
Shyrdak means a colourful stitched felt rug, traditionally hand-made in Central Asia.
What part of speech is shyrdak?
Shyrdak is a noun.
What is the plural of shyrdak?
The plural of shyrdak is shyrdaks.

Words near shyrdak in the dictionary

  1. shynesses
  2. shypoke
  3. shypokes
  4. shypoo
  5. shypoos
  6. shyrdak
  7. shyrdaks
  8. Shys
  9. shyshark
  10. shysharks
  11. shyster

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