English
khaddar
Khaddar comes from Hindi खद्दर.
- Hindic. 1500–presentखद्दर
- Englishearliest quotation 1988khaddar
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Hindic. 1500–presentखद्दर
- Englishearliest quotation 1988khaddar
Earliest quotation: 1988, Bapsi Sidhwa, Ice-Candy Man: “She wears only white khaddar saris and white khaddar…”
Every English word from Hindi खद्दर
Today it means
noun A coarse homespun cotton cloth from India.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hindi खद्दर / khaddar