Ranihar

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/rɑː.niː.hɑːr/

noun

A traditional Indian necklace typically made of gold or silver and often adorned with precious stones like diamonds, rubies, and emeralds. It translates to "Queen's Necklace" in Hindi.

OriginHindi रानी हार →
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Meanings

nounRanihar (plural Ranihars)

plural Ranihars

  1. A traditional Indian necklace typically made of gold or silver and often adorned with precious stones like diamonds, rubies, and emeralds. It translates to "Queen's Necklace" in Hindi.

    Plate No. 20 showing Ranihar

    2023 September 29, Ramanjit Kaur Bajwa, Traditional Costumes of India, Abhishek Publications, →ISBN, page 30
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    Even Lakha Ram chastised her on the loss of Rani-Haar, a very costly necklace...

    1990, Bacinta Kaura, Draupdi, Enkay Publishers, page 24

    ‘Wear a sari’, said Renoir, so I got out a Benares silk sari and the rani haar or queen’s necklace that Bikki—my husband Tikki’s brother—had given me.

    2010, Leela Naidu, Jerry Pinto, Leela: A Patchwork Life, Penguin Books India, page 50

    Jewellery such as tanmani, bormal, Ranihar, kolhapuri saaj, thushi are worn on the neck;…

    2024 January 1, Wikipedia contributors, “Culture of Maharashtra”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation

Origin

  1. Hindiरानी हार
  2. EnglishRanihar

Borrowed from Hindi रानी हार (rānī hār)

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