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sindoor

sindoor noun: 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.

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

sindoor meaning in Hindi, Malayalam and Gujarati

sindoor in Hindi

sindoor, a type of vermilion dye worn in the parting of the hair by married Hindu women
सिंदूर sindūr

sindoor in Malayalam

sindoor, traditional cosmetic red powder worn by married Hindu woman along the parting of the hair as a sign of marriage
സിന്ദൂരം sindūraṁ

sindoor in Gujarati

sindoor, a type of vermilion dye worn in the parting of the hair by married Hindu women
સિંદૂર sindūr

Forms of sindoor

alternative formsindhur
alternative formsindhuram
alternative formsindooram

Origin of sindoor

Borrowed from Sanskrit सिन्दूर (sindūra, “red lead”).

Questions about sindoor

What does sindoor mean?
Sindoor means 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.
What is sindoor in Hindi?
Sindoor in Hindi is सिंदूर (sindūr). See Sindoor meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is sindoor?
Sindoor is a noun.

Words near sindoor in the dictionary

  1. sindonological
  2. sindonologist
  3. sindonologists
  4. sindonology
  5. sindons
  6. sindoor
  7. sindooram
  8. Sindt
  9. Sindts
  10. Sindwork
  11. Sindy

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: sindoor (page history and authors); सिंदूर (Hindi) (page history and authors); സിന്ദൂരം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); સિંદૂર (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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