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Sash

2 stages from Arabic to English.

Today it means a decorative band of cloth worn around the waist or over one shoulder
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Stage 1 of 2
shash
Arabic · medieval
"muslin cloth, turban wrap"
a fine muslin cloth, often wound as a turban
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Stage 2 of 2
sash
English · 1500s-1600s
"a decorative band of cloth"
adopted for a band of cloth worn around the waist or over the shoulder
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