pugree

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Punjabi pugree, like the Peshawari turban, is a 2-piece affair except that its inner kulla is relatively soft and conical in shape and the outer wrapping is usually but not always white and is made of starched, coarse muslin.

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  1. A scarf of cotton or silk wound round the hat or helmet like a turban to protect the head from the sun. [Anglo-Indian.] With a little pulling and wrenching, and the help of my long, tough turban-cloth, a real native pugree, we set and bound the arm as best we could. F. M. Crawford, Mr. Isaacs, x.

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  • In Arabic it is called "amaama", in Persian "dastaar", in Urdu "pugree" or "kullah" in Punjabi "pugree" or "pug", and in Pushto "patkaiy" or "patka." —  ALL THINGS PAKISTAN
  • In fact, in Lahore or any other urban center, one rarely sees a turban except at marriages, where they make the bridegroom wear one - usually a cheap replica of the elite pugree. —  ALL THINGS PAKISTAN
  • Present day Chaudhries of Punjab, unlike Chaudhry Hashmat of the TV play Waris, seem to prefer to cover their pates with a comb-over or occasionally with braided peaked caps, rather than with a traditional pugree. —  ALL THINGS PAKISTAN
  • Punjabi pugree, like the Peshawari turban, is a 2-piece affair except that its inner kulla is relatively soft and conical in shape and the outer wrapping is usually but not always white and is made of starched, coarse muslin. —  ALL THINGS PAKISTAN
  • Like the Peshawari turban the pugree too, has a prominent shamla or crest (sometime called turra) and a tail. —  ALL THINGS PAKISTAN
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  1. Also puggree, puggery, pugaree, etc.; from Hindustani pagri, a turban.
 

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