Meanings
nounpitambar (plural pitambars)
plural pitambars
- IndiaA yellow silk cloth or shawl.
He wears a pitambār – a costly silk garment, which is his traditional dress.
1950, AJ Agarkar, Folk-dance of Maharashtra, page 782 more examples
Her gods and goddesses sat on a yellow pitambar which covered a raised platform.
1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 76Indeed she did have a pitambar in her trunk. She had bought it a long time ago and forgotten about it.
2008, Vinny Chitluri, Baba's Vaani: His Sayings and Teachings, page 17
Origin
From Hindi.
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