noun · Clothes

shawl

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The meaning (definition) of the word shawl

a big piece of cloth that goes over your shoulders

The word shawl used in a sentence

“I put a woolly shawl around my shoulders.”

How the word shawl is said around the world

Frenchchâle (shahl)
Spanishchal (chahl)
Mandarin披肩 (pee jyen)
Hindiशॉल (shawl)
Arabicشال (shaal)
Russianшаль (shahl)
Portuguese (EU)xaile (SHY-luh)
Portuguese (BR)xale (SHAH-lee)
Japaneseショール (SHOH-roo)
GermanSchultertuch (SHUUL-ter-tookh)
Urduشال (shaal)
Punjabiਸ਼ਾਲ (shahl)
Korean숄 (shohl)
Hebrewשָׁל (shahl)
Greekσάλι (SAH-lee)
Dutchomslagdoek (OM-slahkh-duuk)
Tagalogalampay (a-lam-PAY)
Vietnamesekhăn choàng vai (khun chwahng VEYE)
Turkishşal (shahl)
Persianشال (shahl)
Polishchusta (KHOOS-tah)
Ukrainianшаль (shahl)
Bengaliশাল (shahl)
Swedishsjal (shahl)
Italianscialle (SHAHL-leh)

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