"saafa" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: saafas [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} saafa (plural saafas)
  1. A headscarf or long cloth used to form a turban in parts of India.
    Sense id: en-saafa-en-noun-zYwbvJBY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "For years, she has been wrapping the traditional Rajasthani headgear, the saafa or pagdi, for the local deity Ghanghor.",
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          "ref": "2012, Shefalee Vasudev, Powder Room:",
          "text": "‘Fashion is tangible; it can't be understood just by looking at it,' he would say admonishingly, pulling off a sari from here, a saafa from there and turning them around to show their undersides.",
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