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‖ kumkum|ˈkʊmkʊm|
Also kum-kum, kunku.
[Hindi kuṅkum saffron.]
A red powder used ceremonially, and by Hindu women to make a small distinctive spot on the forehead; the spot so made. Also attrib.
1938K. van A. Gates tr. Ramabai Ranade's Himself vii. 57 A pleasant custom..allows a hostess at a ladies' party to apply a dot of red powder (kunku) to the forehead of each guest. Ibid. xv. 133 Don't you have the custom of wearing..kunku marks, and such things? 1943Moraes & Stimson Introd. India (ed. 3) 113 Hindu women wear on the forehead a red dot (called kumkum, which is also the name of the powder from which it is made). An orthodox Hindu widow does not wear a kumkum. 1958Times 15 Oct. 24/5 Mrs. Usha Rajwade, who earlier..rubbed on Kum-Kum powder. 1969Commerce (Bombay) 26 July 149/3 Sometime back there was understandable furore in the city of Bombay when some missionary school asked the girls not to apply kumkum which is a sign of good fortune for an Indian girl. 1973Guardian 14 Apr. 11/3 God needs offerings—garlands, coconuts, kum-kum powder, incense. |