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‖ patka, n.|ˈpɑːtka| [ad. Hindi paṭkā, f. Skr. paṭṭikā turban-cloth.] A kind of light head-covering or puggaree worn by people of the Indian subcontinent, esp. young Sikhs.
1902E. D. Maclagan Gazetteer Multan District (rev. ed.) iii. 86 The ordinary Mahomedan wears a ‘patka’ or ‘pag’ or turban on his head, and sometimes a ‘kulla’ or cap inside. 1979Daily Tel. 5 Sept. 1/4 Bishen Bedi, wearing a pink patka (headdress), white towel and nothing else, picked up [a] glass of champagne. 1986Scouting Mar. (Suppl.) p. 9 i/1 [Sikh] Cub Scouts will wear a patka or ‘top knot’—a folded handkerchief on the top of the head in place of the cub cap—while Scouts and Venture Scouts will wear a turban. |