Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. 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.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a loose collarless shirt worn by many people on the Indian subcontinent (usually with a salwar or churidars or pyjama)
Etymologies
- Hindi कुरता. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“They tied Mr. Ramamoorthy's hands and feet, he says, using his long Indian top known as a kurta, and his pajama bottoms.”
The Wall Street Journal: India Security Faulted as Survivors Tell of Terror
“Delhi: Resplendent in an olive green 'kurta' with leaf motifs, former cricket skipper Kapil Dev lent glitz on Saturday to India's”
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“Wearing a red-coloured 'kurta' and a 'tilak' on his forehead, Mr. Varun Gandhi reached the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Vipin Kumar even as a large number of supporters waiting outside the crowded court chanted slogans and waved saffron flags, in violation of all prohibitory orders.”
“I have heard of a story from my Sheikh Hazrat Phulpoori (RA.), that Moulana Qasim Nanotwi (RA.), the founder of Darul Uloom, Deoband was going somewhere dressed in a lungi and a very simple 'kurta' (shirt).”
“Rajdeep Sardesai was wearing a 'kurta' on Independence day.”
“Shown, Mr. Ramdev wore a women's kurta, or traditional shirt, as he spoke to journalists from his ashram in the northern Indian city of Haridwar, June 5.”
“Delighted with my kurta (for the Rehearsal Dinner), I am thinking of going back to see how an embroidered long linen jacket would look over the old dress I am planning to wear to the wedding itself.”
“It looks just the thing to wear with my kurta to protect me from American air conditioning at the rehearsal dinner.”
“At the rehearsal dinner, au contraire, I will have nothing between me and the elements except my kurta, and will have to hope for swelter.”
“So the first is likely to be cooler than the second -- I'd suggest some sort of back up wrap to keep you from freezing in the kurta.”
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