■ noun a piece of fabric worn by women over the shoulders or head or wrapped round a baby.
Derivatives
~ed adjective
Origin
C17: from Urdu and Pers. šāl , prob. from Shāliāt , a town in India.
■ noun a piece of fabric worn by women over the shoulders or head or wrapped round a baby.
Derivatives
~ed adjective
Origin
C17: from Urdu and Pers. šāl , prob. from Shāliāt , a town in India.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004