tulipant

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noun

A turban.

OriginTurkish tülbent ← Classical Persian دلبند →
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Meanings

nountulipant (plural tulipants)

plural tulipants

  1. obsoleteA turban.

    A youth […] came to meete vs; apparrelled in a long Roabe of cloth of Gold, and on his head a Shaſh or Tulipant of Silke and Gold, […]

    1634, T[homas] H[erbert], “Mount Taurus”, in A Relation of Some Yeares Trauaile, Begunne Anno 1626. into Afrique and the Greater Asia, […], London: […] William Stansby, and Jacob Bloome, →OCLC, page 112

Origin

  1. Classical Persianدلبند
  2. Turkishtülbent
  3. Englishtulipant

Borrowed from Turkish tülbent (/⁠tylˈbænt⁠/), from Classical Persian دلبند (dulband), also the root of turban and tulip.

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APA

tulipant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tulipant

MLA

“tulipant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tulipant. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tulipant,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tulipant.

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