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Arabic

shash

muslin cloth

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An older woman wears a wide, soft blue cloth sash wrapped around the waist of a simple cream dress, tied at one hip with two long hanging ends.
noun

sash

SASH/sæʃ/

A decorative band worn around the waist or over the shoulder.

Etymology
sashArabicmuslin cloth

Arabic shash named muslin cloth. In English, sash first referred to cloth wound around the head as a turban, then broadened to an ornamental strip worn around the waist or over the shoulder.

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