SHAWL


Meaning of SHAWL in English

/ ʃɔːl; NAmE / noun

a large piece of cloth worn by a woman around the shoulders or head, or wrapped around a baby

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WORD ORIGIN

early 17th cent.: from Urdu and Persian šāl , probably from Shāliāt , the name of a town in India.

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