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noun
A traditional article of clothing worn in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, consisting of a loose, collarless, long-sleeved, knee-length shirt worn by both men and women.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a loose collarless shirt worn by many people on the Indian subcontinent (usually with a salwar or churidars or pyjama)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: shirt
History
Borrowed from Hindi कुरता (kurtā)/Urdu کرتا (kurtā), from Classical Persian کرته (kurta).
Across languages
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