turra

plural turras

1. IndiaA feather-like ornament projecting from a tied turban.

   A headman of a village, called a Chaudhary or a Malik, would wear a Turra or a ridge on his turban.

   2003, Tejwant Singh, The Bold Brave and Fearless, page 269

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   The most ornate and flashy piece of clothing was the turban. It was red in colour with a might turra of gold thread.

   1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 43

   Having earlier met Malik Nur Khan, and his tall, wiry father with in his black sherwani and white turban with a turra enhancing his height, I was somewhat more reassured.

   1997, Bir Dodraj Mansingh, in Bikram Singh, Sidharth Mishr (Eds.), Where Gallantry is Tradition, p. 131