bandana
A large kerchief, usually colourful and used either as headgear or as a handkerchief,…A large kerchief, usually colourful and used either as headgear or as a handkerchief, neckerchief, bikini, or sweatband.
» Tom wiped his forehead with his bandana.
Meaning
2 sensesA large kerchief, usually colourful and used either as headgear or as a handkerchief, neckerchief, bikini, or sweatband.
Piratenkopftuch, Piratentuch, Halstuch
банда́наbandána
large and brightly colored handkerchief; often used as a neckerchief
A style of calico printing, in which white or bright spots are produced upon cloth previously dyed a uniform red or dark colour, by discharging portions of the color by chemical means, while the rest of the cloth is under pressure.
Examples
12 sentencesTom wiped his forehead with his bandana.
Tom wiped his face with his bandana.
Tom is wearing a blue bandana on his head.
ruУ Тома на голове синяя бандана.
This bandana is mine.
Tom gave me a bandana.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Hindi बंधन (bandhan, “the act of binding, a bond”), from Sanskrit बध्नाति (bBorrowed from Hindi बंधन (bandhan, “the act of binding, a bond”), from Sanskrit बध्नाति (badhnāti, “he binds”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind, bond”). Related to Hindi बाँधना (bāndhnā, “to tie”). Doublet of bind.
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