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dupatta

Persian (Farsi) translation: شال

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English term or phrase:dupatta
Persian (Farsi) translation:شال
Entered by: SeiTT

05:32 May 14, 2015
English to Persian (Farsi) translations [PRO]
Textiles / Clothing / Fashion / Head Coverings
English term or phrase: dupatta
Greetings

In our local Iranian church, while almost all the women have their heads totally uncovered, I noticed two women (out of a total of about 50) wearing dupattas (shawls) which were long strips of material which they used to partly cover their hair. It may be that they are Afghans rather than Iranians, I'm not sure.

The way in which the woman on the left of this picture covers her hair is an approximation, although I can find nothing exactly like it on the net:
http://www.metromela.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Myntra-A...

Please, what do you call it?

Every blessing,

Simon
SeiTT
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:42
شال
Explanation:


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Note added at 4 mins (2015-05-14 05:36:57 GMT)
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This is what the women at the picture are wearing, usually they cover their hair with it.
Selected response from:

Mohammad Ali Omrani
Local time: 01:12
Grading comment
Many thanks, excellent!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +3دوپاتا
Amanollah Zawari
4 +1شال
Mohammad Ali Omrani


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
شال


Explanation:


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Note added at 4 mins (2015-05-14 05:36:57 GMT)
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This is what the women at the picture are wearing, usually they cover their hair with it.

Mohammad Ali Omrani
Local time: 01:12
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Many thanks, excellent!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jaber Haghighi: Surely the picture shows Shawl. The most common word to describe it in Iran is Shawl.
18 mins
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
دوپاتا


Explanation:
if you google دوپاتا you will see a lot of pages talking about it. The one that is used by Iranians is shorter and is called شال. The square scarves are called روسری.

Amanollah Zawari
United States
Local time: 14:42
Native speaker of: Native in DariDari, Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  safura
0 min
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neutral  Jaber Haghighi: Is دوپاتا a well-known equivalent word in Iran! Do we use this word in Farsi? But, we can use the nearest equivalent
9 mins
  -> We don't because we don't have such a thing. When we are referring to what Indians wear, we use دوپاتا. We also don't translate ساری because we don't have such a thing in Iran.
agree  Mahmoud Reazi
1 hr
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agree  Fereidoon Keyvani
12 hrs
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