chuddar

Questions about chuddar

What does chuddar mean?

chuddar means "a cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women".

How many syllables are in chuddar?

chuddar has 2 syllables and divides as chud-dar under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for chuddar?

Close synonyms include chador, chadar, chaddar. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chuddar a common word?

chuddar is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.