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saafa - What does it mean?

Definition of 'saafa'

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A headscarf or long cloth used to form a turban in parts of India.
  • *1997 , (Kiran Nagarkar), Cuckold , HarperCollins 2013, p. 72:
  • *:She tried to do things for him, get his slippers, fetch his saafa , button his kurta, dry his wet hair after a bath.
  • *2007 , India Today International , Vol. 6, p. 6:
  • *:For years, she has been wrapping the traditional Rajasthani headgear, the saafa'' or ''pagdi , for the local deity Ghanghor.
  • *2012 , Shefalee Vasudev, Powder Room :
  • *:‘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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