turban
Americannoun
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a man's headdress worn chiefly by Muslims in southern Asia, consisting of a long cloth of silk, linen, cotton, etc., wound either about a cap or directly around the head.
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any headdress resembling this.
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any of various off-the-face hats for women that are close-fitting, of a soft fabric, and brimless, or that have a narrow, sometimes draped, brim.
noun
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a man's headdress, worn esp by Muslims, Hindus, and Sikhs, made by swathing a length of linen, silk, etc, around the head or around a caplike base
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a woman's brimless hat resembling this
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any headdress resembling this
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Etymology
Origin of turban
1555–65; earlier torbant, variant of tulbant < Turkish tülbent < Persian dulband
Explanation
A turban is a long scarf that's wrapped many times around a person's head. Men who are Sikh or Muslim traditionally wear turbans. There is a smaller woman's hat also called a turban that's styled after the traditional turban. Sikhs are the most common wearers of turbans, including some sikh women (although theirs are usually called a Dahtar). Turbans cover long hair and help keep it clean, as well as representing a proud Sikh identity. In Islam, different types of turbans represent different beliefs or social statuses. Turban comes from a Persian root, dulband.
Vocabulary lists containing turban
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Example Sentences
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“If you don’t validate the trans identity from day one, their mental health’s going to get worse,” Turban said.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 28, 2023
Continuing to publish studies on the benefits of such care is a necessary step in having evidence-based public policy, says Jack Turban, director of the Gender Psychiatry Program at the University of California, San Francisco.
From Scientific American • May 17, 2023
Jack Turban, a fellow in psychiatry at Stanford Medical School, has become a major voice in the media and on Twitter among gender-affirming providers including on the question of medications and suicide risk.
From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2022
Those criticizing the paper included Stanford School of Medicine child psychiatry fellow Jack Turban, whose 2020 paper found that transgender adolescents undergoing pubertal suppression “had lower odds of lifetime suicidal ideation.”
From Washington Times • Jun. 14, 2022
The Turban is folded round the bottom of these Caps, and by the fashion of the folds you can tell the Soldiers from the Citizens.
From The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... by Sala, George Augustus
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