noun
turban
TUR-buhn
noun
1
A headdress made by winding a long strip of cloth around the head.
"He wore a bright blue turban to the wedding."
2
A towel wrapped around wet hair in a turban-like style.
"She stepped out of the shower with her hair wrapped in a turban."
How to Use Turban
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishCloth wound around the head, worn as traditional headwear in many cultures, or casually to wrap wet hair.
Word Forms
turbaned past tense, turbans plural, turbans singular
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Etymology
Borrowed via Italian and Ottoman Turkish from Classical Persian dulband — the same root that gave English "tulip."