kurta
Americannoun
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a long-sleeved, hip-length shirt worn by men in India.
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a sleeveless shirt worn over or under the angiya by Muslim women in India.
noun
Etymology
Origin of kurta
Borrowed into English from Hindi around 1910–15
Example Sentences
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He was as comfortable wearing an Indian kurta as in a shirt and tie.
From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026
He wore a traditional knee-length shirt called a kurta and slippers that dramatically curl at the toes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025
He was wearing a silken Indian kurta, a traditional shirt, the same one he had worn 20 years earlier at one of our pre-wedding functions.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 23, 2022
“A kurta by any other name is just as dope,” the British-Pakistani actor-musician Riz Ahmed said last week, speaking from his home base in London.
From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2021
He wore a short lungi, a kurta shirt, and a cap.
From "Rickshaw Girl" by Mitali Perkins
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