Dictionary

chador en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈtʃɑdɚ/ (US)
• /ˈtʃɑːdə(ɹ)/ (UK)
• /ˈtʃaːd̪ər/ (South-Asia)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi चादर (cādar) / Urdu چادَر (cādar), from Classical Persian چَادُر (čādur) or چَادَر (čādar), from Sanskrit छत्त्र (chattra). Doublet of chatra and chatta. Spelling possibly influenced by modern Iranian Persian چادُر (čâdor) or another language.

Meanings

1. A loose robe made from a single cloth, worn as a combination head covering, veil and shawl by chiefly Muslim women (and occasionally by those of other faiths) in Iran and South Asia.
   • The Commodities are infinite: […] Pintados, Chints and Chadors, Shashes and Girdles, Cannakens[…] 1625, [Samuel] Purchas, “The English Ambassadors arrivall at Surat”, in Purchas His Pilgrimes. […], 1st part, London: […] William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, […], →OCLC, 1st book, page 530, line 42:
   • If those tablets were in Arabia, I'd put on a chador and burn my driver's licence and go there. 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 402:
   • Holonym: hijab
   • The first few times Dolly stepped out into the city, cloaked by a chaddar that impaired her vision, she intuitively grabbed Sekond Lal's hand. 2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 262:

Forms

Coordinates

chadri · niqab · aba · burka · abaya

Descendants

chador · chador

Synonyms

buibui

Translations (55)

nb chador (a loose robe worn by women) · vi chàng mạng (a loose robe worn by women) · fr chador (a loose robe worn by women) · ja チャードル (a loose robe worn by women) · sh šȁtor (a loose robe worn by women) · th ชอโดร์ (a loose robe worn by women) · tg чодар (a loose robe worn by women) · pa چادَر (a loose robe worn by women) · fa-ira چادُر (a loose robe worn by women) · uk чадра́ (a loose robe worn by women) · sh čȁdor (a loose robe worn by women) · pa ਚਾਦਰ (a loose robe worn by women) · ps چادري (a loose robe worn by women) · pl czador (a loose robe worn by women) · uz chodir (a loose robe worn by women) · bg чадра́ (a loose robe worn by women) · ko 차도르 (a loose robe worn by women) · hu csador (a loose robe worn by women) · ca xador (a loose robe worn by women) · az çadra (a loose robe worn by women) · fi tšador (a loose robe worn by women) · sl čador (a loose robe worn by women) · cmn 查多 (a loose robe worn by women) · uz chodira (a loose robe worn by women) · ps بوغره (a loose robe worn by women) · de Tschador (a loose robe worn by women) · ja チャドル (a loose robe worn by women) · tr çador (a loose robe worn by women) · prs چَادُر (a loose robe worn by women) · bn চাদর (a loose robe worn by women) · es chador (a loose robe worn by women) · tk çadra (a loose robe worn by women) · ky чүмбөт (a loose robe worn by women) · da chador (a loose robe worn by women) · be чадра́ (a loose robe worn by women) · fa-cls چَادَر (a loose robe worn by women) · tt чадра (a loose robe worn by women) · el τσαντόρ (a loose robe worn by women) · kk шадыра (a loose robe worn by women) · fr tchador (a loose robe worn by women) · sh ча̏дор (a loose robe worn by women) · ru чадра́ (a loose robe worn by women) · sh ша̏тор (a loose robe worn by women) · fa-cls چَادُر (a loose robe worn by women) · hy չադրա (a loose robe worn by women) · ur چادَر (a loose robe worn by women) · cs čádor (a loose robe worn by women) · pl czadra (a loose robe worn by women) · pt xador (a loose robe worn by women) · ka ჩადრი (a loose robe worn by women) · eo ĉadoro (a loose robe worn by women) · nl chador (a loose robe worn by women) · hi चादर (a loose robe worn by women) · ar شَادُور (a loose robe worn by women) · az çarşab (a loose robe worn by women)