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sindoor, n.
Brit. |ˈsɪndʊə|, U.S. |ˈsɪndʊ(ə)r|
Forms: 17– sindoor, 18– sindur
[‹ Sanskrit sindūra red lead (also with vernacular pronunciation sindūr), of unknown origin.]
Pigment made from powdered red lead or vermilion, esp. as applied traditionally as a dot on the forehead or in the parting of the hair of a married Hindu woman.
1788J. Earles tr. Treat. Horses entitled Saloter i. ii. 27 A horse whose face, palate, and yard, are red, and every other part of the colour of Sindoor. 1836Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Jan. 3 The stone of Rustam,..which the Hindús..reverence so far as to pay occasional visits to it, light lamps, and daub it with Sindūr or red lead. 1868Trans. Ethnol. Soc. 6 26 The bride and bridegroom..are then brought outside, and the ceremony of touching each other's forehead with the ‘sindoor’ is performed. 1928Folklore 39 343 This he anoints with sindur, just as a bridegroom applies red-lead or vermilion to the forehead of his bride. 1987R. Randhawa Wicked Old Woman 82 Rosalind hates this doctor. Hates the Indian beauty in a sari, gold bangles jangling on her wrist,..the sindoor in her hair and the red dot on her forehead. 2000N.Y. Times Mag. 17 Sept. 126/2 An arranged marriage brought her from India... She hadn't neglected the venerable Hindu mark of a married woman, the smudge of red sindoor powder in the parting of her hair. |