patkan.
/ˈpʌtkə/, /ˈpatkə/, U.S. /ˈpɑtkə/ A small piece of cloth wrapped about the head and tied in a topknot to form a light head-covering less formal than a turban, worn esp. by young Sikhs.
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1902 E. 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.
1979 Daily Tel. 5 Sept. 1/4 Bishen Bedi, wearing a pink patka (headdress), white towel and nothing else, picked up [a] glass of champagne.
2003 Chicago Daily Herald (Nexis) 6 May (News section) 1 When another boy pulled off his patka and his hair came unravelled, he wasn't able to tie it back up.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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