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chador

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˈtʃɑdɚ/
  • UK: /ˈtʃɑːdə(ɹ)/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • South-Asia: /ˈtʃaːd̪ər/

1

noun

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Holonym: hijab

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: buibui

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chadar, chaddar, chuddar

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: head covering, veil

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: شَادُور (šādur) — a loose robe worn by women
  • Armenian: չադրա (čʻadra) — a loose robe worn by women
  • Azerbaijani: çador — a loose robe worn by women
  • Azerbaijani: çadra — a loose robe worn by women
  • Belarusian: чадра́ (čadrá) — a loose robe worn by women
  • Bengali: চাদর (cador) — a loose robe worn by women
  • Bulgarian: чадра́ (čadrá) — a loose robe worn by women
  • Catalan: xador — a loose robe worn by women
  • Chinese Mandarin: 查多 (cháduō) — a loose robe worn by women
  • Czech: čádor — a loose robe worn by women
  • Danish: chador — a loose robe worn by women
  • Dutch: chador — a loose robe worn by women
  • Esperanto: ĉadoro — a loose robe worn by women
  • Finnish: tšador — a loose robe worn by women
  • French: tchador — a loose robe worn by women
  • French: chador — a loose robe worn by women
  • Georgian: ჩადრი (čadri) — a loose robe worn by women
  • German: Tschador — a loose robe worn by women
  • Greek: τσαντόρ (tsantór) — a loose robe worn by women
  • Hindi: चादर (cādar) — a loose robe worn by women
  • Hungarian: csador — a loose robe worn by women
  • Japanese: チャドル (chadoru) — a loose robe worn by women
  • Japanese: チャードル (chādoru) — a loose robe worn by women
  • Kazakh: шадыра (şadyra) — a loose robe worn by women
  • Korean: 차도르 (chadoreu) — a loose robe worn by women
  • Kyrgyz: чүмбөт (cümböt) — a loose robe worn by women
  • Norwegian Bokmål: chador — a loose robe worn by women
  • Pashto: چادري (čādarí) — a loose robe worn by women
  • Pashto: بوغره (boǧrá) — a loose robe worn by women
  • Persian: چَادُر (čādur) — a loose robe worn by women
  • Persian: چَادَر (čādar) — a loose robe worn by women
  • Dari: چَادُر (čādur) — a loose robe worn by women
  • Iranian Persian: چادُر (čâdor) — a loose robe worn by women
  • Polish: czador — a loose robe worn by women
  • Polish: czadra — a loose robe worn by women
  • Portuguese: xador — a loose robe worn by women
  • Punjabi: ਚਾਦਰ (cādar) — a loose robe worn by women
  • Punjabi: چادَر (cādar) — a loose robe worn by women
  • Russian: чадра́ (čadrá) — a loose robe worn by women
  • Serbo-Croatian: ча̏дор — a loose robe worn by women
  • Serbo-Croatian: ша̏тор — a loose robe worn by women
  • Serbo-Croatian: čȁdor — a loose robe worn by women
  • Serbo-Croatian: šȁtor — a loose robe worn by women
  • Slovene: čador — a loose robe worn by women
  • Spanish: chador — a loose robe worn by women
  • Tajik: чодар (čodar) — a loose robe worn by women
  • Tatar: чадра (çadra) — a loose robe worn by women
  • Thai: ชอโดร์ — a loose robe worn by women
  • Turkish: çador — a loose robe worn by women
  • Turkmen: çador — a loose robe worn by women
  • Ukrainian: чадра́ (čadrá) — a loose robe worn by women
  • Urdu: چادَر (cādar) — a loose robe worn by women
  • Uzbek: chodir — a loose robe worn by women
  • Uzbek: chadra — a loose robe worn by women
  • Vietnamese: chàng mạng — a loose robe worn by women