choora

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noun

A set of bangles traditionally worn by a bride on her wedding day and for some time after, especially in Punjab.

OriginHindi चूड़ा →
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Meanings

nounchoora (plural chooras)

plural chooras

  1. A set of bangles traditionally worn by a bride on her wedding day and for some time after, especially in Punjab.
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    After a bath, the bride takes part in the choora ceremony. The maternal uncle gifts the bride chooras (traditional red and white bangles by which the newly-wed girl will be identified for as long as she wears them), and with it a natbh or nose-ring, a small gutka or prayer book, token money and mitbai. The usual number is eleven on each wrist.

    2005, Mina Singh, Ceremony of the Sikh Wedding, Rupa & Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, Choora, page 38

Origin

  1. Hindiचूड़ा
  2. Englishchoora

Borrowed from Hindi चूड़ा (cūṛā), masculine form of चूड़ी (cūṛī).

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Anagrams

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