dupatta
Britishnoun
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Earlier in May, a popular TikTok trend was criticised for calling dupatta, a traditional South Asian scarf, a Scandinavian scarf.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2025
“We wash dishes and talk about our daughters-in-law,” Pyaaro Kaur, 60, chimed in, laughing and covering her mouth with a blue dupatta that was draped over her head.
From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2022
As time went on vital pieces of evidence mysteriously got lost, including the white dupatta used around Jiah’s neck in the hanging.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 1, 2017
In Payne-James’s view, the well-defined double ligature marks around Jiah’s neck could not be explained by “simple hanging by a dupatta, which is made of a soft, wide cotton fabric”.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 1, 2017
She’s wearing a crisp white shaltuar kameez with tiny orange flowers on the dupatta.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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