kurta
Other forms: kurtas
A kurta is a long, loose shirt commonly worn in South Asia. In Indian cities, it's very common for both men and women to wear kurtas with jeans.
A kurta is a kind of tunic, or long, collarless top. In various South Asian countries, kurtas are worn with loose trousers called shalwars or tighter pants known as churidars. Lightweight summer kurtas are made of cotton and silk, and in winter people often wear heavier wool kurtas. The word comes from Urdu, and its Persian root is kurtah, "a collarless shirt."
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a loose collarless shirt worn by many people on the Indian subcontinent (usually with a salwar or churidars or pyjama)type of:shirta garment worn on the upper half of the body
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