turban

UK/ˈtɜːbən/US/ˈtɝbən/

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Other forms: turbans

A turban is a length of cloth wound round the head. Wear a turban, wind a turban, a white turban.

It is not a hat but a single long strip, tied fresh each time, and the way it is wound can say where the wearer is from. In Sikh practice it is a religious requirement rather than a fashion.

Definitions of turban

1nounturbanA length of cloth wound round the head.B2+
“He wound the turban fresh every morning before leaving.”

turban is a headdress.

Where it comes from

Italian turbante comes through Turkish from Persian dulband, which is also the source of tulip, from the flower's shape.

Proto-Indo-European
*bʰendʰ-
fa-cls
دلبند
ota
دلبند
Italian
turbante
Middle French
turbant
English, today
turban

Middle French turbant, from Italian turbante, from ota دلبند, from fa-cls دلبند, also the root of a doublet of tulip.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

turban in the wild

A turban is a type of headwear based on cloth winding.
Turban
The turban is also the traditional headdress of Sufi scholars.
Turban
The Khalsa Sikh men and women, who keep the Five Ks, wear the turban to cover their long, uncut hair (kesh).
Dastar
The priestly turban or mitre was the head covering worn by the High Priest of Israel when he served in the Tabernacle and the Temple in Jerusalem.
Priestly turban
The Hejazi turban, also spelled Hijazi turban, is a type of the turban headdress native to the region of Hejaz in modern-day western Saudi Arabia.
Hejazi turban

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