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单词 pallu
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pallun.

Brit. /ˈpʌluː/, U.S. /ˈpəlu/
Forms: 1800s pala, 1900s– paalav, 1900s– palla, 1900s– pallaa, 1900s– pallau, 1900s– pallav, 1900s– pallo, 1900s– palloo, 1900s– pallu, 1900s– palu.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Panjabi. Partly a borrowing from Hindi. Partly a borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymons: Panjabi pallū; Hindi pallā; Sanskrit pallava.
Etymology: < Panjabi pallū, pallo, Hindi pallā, and their etymon Sanskrit pallava border, end, or edge of cloth or garment. Compare Hindi pallū-dār (garment) with border of gold or lace (1855 in H. H. Wilson Gloss. Judicial & Revenue Terms Brit. India in different sense: ‘a fringe maker, a worker of ornamental or gold or silver borders to dresses’).In form paalav after the Gujarati pronunciation. The word occurs earlier in English context in the compound Anchul Pulloo (after Panjabi ãcal-pallū) ‘border made of a strip of gold-embroidered cloth’ in the following:1795 Minutes Trial Warren Hastings XI. 2030 Gold and silver stuffs..Anchul Pulloo, 3.
South Asian.
The loose end of a sari that is worn over the head and shoulder.Usually decorated, but in some quots. the pallu is explicitly distinguished from the ornamented border of the cloth.
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1880 G. C. M. Birdwood Industrial Arts India II. 280 The cone ornament..forms the most prominent feature of the pala.
1955 R. P. Jhabvala To whom she Will ix. 65 Such a plain sari: it was a pale yellow chiffon with..no decoration at all, not even on the pallu.
1971 Femina (Bombay) 2 Apr. 31/2 If you have a bulging tummy, avoid wearing buckles, brooches and belts on the centre line. Throw the saree pallav across the shoulder so that the border cuts down the bulge.
1999 P. Mishra Romantics (2001) i. iii. 37 Sitadevi, a tall, thin woman in her mid-twenties, would raise her angular face from under her pallu to throw me a sharp searching glance.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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