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单词 kumkum
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kumkum

/ˈkʊmkʊm /
noun [mass noun]
A red pigment used by Hindu women to make a round mark on the forehead.I wore a black shirt and dhoti (a wrap-around waist cloth) and applied sandalwood paste and kumkum (red powder) to my forehead....
  • Women apply kumkum on the foreheads of their sons and husbands and send them to fight battles.
  • ‘Wearing kumkum or sandalwood paste need not be abandoned,’ they said.

Origin

From Sanskrit kuṅkuma 'saffron'.

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