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Bandana

3 stages from Sanskrit to English.

Today it means a large, often colorfully patterned handkerchief worn on the head or around the neck
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Stage 1 of 3
bandhnu
Sanskrit · ancient
"a tying, tie-dye technique"
a tie-dyeing technique, from "bandh" (to tie)
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Stage 2 of 3
bandhna
Hindi · medieval
"tie-dyed cloth"
the tie-dyed cloth itself
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Stage 3 of 3
bandana
English · 1700s
"a patterned cloth worn around the head or neck"
adopted through British colonial trade with India
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