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shir o shakar
Persian · medieval
"milk and sugar"
literally "milk and sugar", describing the fabric's alternating smooth and puckered texture
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seersucker
Hindi/English · 1800s
"a puckered, striped cotton fabric"
adopted through British colonial textile trade with India
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seersucker
English · 1800s
"a thin, puckered cotton fabric"
settled as the English name for the summer fabric
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