Young women in Herat, Afghanistan, wearing patterned chadors, which are rare amongst younger women in Iran since the Iranian Revolution but remain common in Afghanistan and Tajikistan
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A chādor (Persian, Urdu: چادر, lit. 'tent'), also variously spelled in English as chadah, chad(d)ar, chader, chud(d)ah, chadur, and naturalized as /tʃʌdər/, is an outer garment or open cloak worn by many women in the Persian-influenced countries of Iran, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Pakistan, and to a lesser extent Tajikistan, as well as in Shia communities in Iraq, Bahrain, and Qatif in Saudi Arabia in public spaces or outdoors.
A chador is a full-body-length semicircle of fabric that is open down the front. The garment is pulled over the head, and is held closed at the front by the wearer; the chador has no hand openings, buttons, or clasps. It may also be held closed by being tucked under the wearer's arms. The word in Classical Persian could be used in reference to almost any cloth, headscarf, or even tents.[1] This definition is mostly retained in the Eastern Persian varieties Tajiki and Dari, which commonly use reflexes of chādar in reference to almost any cloth or scarf,[2][3] including loosely worn scarves that would be inappropriate to call a chador in Iranian Persian.
Before the 1978–1979 Iranian Revolution, black chadors were reserved for funerals and periods of mourning; colourful, patterned fabrics were the norm for everyday wear. Currently, the majority of Iranian women who wear the chador use the black version outside, and reserve light-coloured chadors for indoor use.
^"Chador word origin". Etymologeek. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
^"Search Engine". Afghan Dari Dictionary. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
A chādor (Persian, Urdu: چادر, lit. 'tent'), also variously spelled in English as chadah, chad(d)ar, chader, chud(d)ah, chadur, and naturalized as /tʃʌdər/...
The other end of the chador is tucked in the belly after making a few pleats. A fitted blouse is often worn with Mekhela chador. Traditionally, in the...
Various styles of head coverings, most notably the khimar, hijab, chador, niqab, paranja, yashmak, tudong, shayla, safseri, carşaf, haik, dupatta, boshiya...
woman he works for, Shaydah. Saeed comes across a strange young woman in a chador at night. She persuades Saeed to take her back to his apartment. While there...
headscarves, therefore Women were protected, secluded in the home or had to wear chador. In the 1920s, a few individual Iranian women started to appear unveiled...
in Iran. Iranians generally refer to jilbab by the Persian appellation chador. Galesh (Persian: گالش) are an ancient style of handwoven shoes, that were...
descent, who opposed the succession and with help from Bhutan evicted Chador. Chador fled to Tibet (Yungthing Yeshe, a loyal Minister escorted the minor...
garments: chador, firaq and partug. The word Firaq partug comes from pashto. Firaq means a flared shirt and partug means pants. The chador is the head...
and managed to unveil herself from the chador: OF: I still have to ask you a lot of things. About the "chador", for example, which I was obliged to wear...
especially perahan tunban and khet partug. Women would normally wear a chador for head covering; some women, typically from highly conservative communities...
is a traditional Tunisian veil worn by women. Not to be confused with Chador or Dupatta, it is a unique cloth to Tunisia. The safseri is composed of...
also known as Anekh, Aneq, Anigh, Anīkh, Kochev’ye Anekho, and Maḩall-e-Chādor Neshīnī) is a village in Nowjeh Mehr Rural District, Siah Rud District,...
Women's Awakening (1936–1941). This movement sought the elimination of the chador from Iranian working society. Supporters held that the veil impeded physical...
shoulders. For Muslim women, the dupatta is a less stringent alternative to the chador or burqa. Urdu, or Lashkari (لشکری ), an Indo-Aryan language, is the lingua...
veiling of women's faces with the niqab. Police forcibly removed and tore chadors off women who resisted his ban on the public hijab. In 1935, dozens were...
Chador. But, among married women, it is still being although in a different fashion (like a Chador). The style of wearing a Riha beneath the Chador among...
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