Etymology

tussar

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Today it means: A deep gold-coloured silk produced from larvae of several species of silk worms belonging to the moth genus Antheraea Full definition →

Hindi तसर ← Sanskrit तसर
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  1. Sanskrit · derived fromतसर“shuttle”
  2. Hindi · derived fromतसर
  3. English todaytussar

From Hindi तसर (tasar), from Sanskrit तसर (tasara, “shuttle”).

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