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sindhur

sindhur is the alternative form of sindoor.

Meaning of sindoor

Noun

sindoor (uncountable)

  1. A traditional red or orange cosmetic powder from India, usually worn by Hindu women along the parting of the hair as a sign of marriage.
    • After she’d brushed her hair and twisted it into a knot, she got her sindoor out of the cabinet. It was in a tiny, flat copper container, and the powder was bright red.2023, Chetna Maroo, Western Lane, Picador, page 27

Questions about sindhur

What is sindhur the alternative form of?
Sindhur is the alternative form of sindoor.

Words near sindhur in the dictionary

  1. sindhooram
  2. Sindhu
  3. Sindhudesh
  4. Sindhudurg
  5. Sindhupalchok
  6. sindhur
  7. sindhuram
  8. Sindhwork
  9. Sindhworki
  10. Sindhworkis
  11. Sindi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sindhur (page history and authors); sindoor (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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