Etymology

sarpech

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Today it means: An ornament placed in front of the turban, worn by significant Hindu, Sikh and Muslim princes. Full definition →

Urdu سرپیچ ← Hindi सरपेच ← Persian سرپیچ
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The story

  1. Persian · derived fromسرپیچ“socket”
  2. Hindi · borrowed fromसरपेच
  3. Urdu · borrowed fromسرپیچ
  4. English todaysarpech

From Urdu سرپیچ/Hindi सरपेच (sarpec), from Persian سرپیچ (sarpeč, “socket”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.