camarabando

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from an East Indian language; see Hindi कमरबंद (kamarband), Punjabi ਕਮਰਬੰਦ (kamraband); ultimately derived from Persian کمربند (kamarband).

Noun

camarabando m (plural camarabandos)

1. (historical, India) cummerbund (type of sash)
   • 1789, António de Morais Silva, Diccionario da lingua portugueza composto pelo padre D. Rafael Bluteau‎, volume I, Lisbon: Simão Thaddeo Ferreira, page 219b:

     CAMARABANDO, ſ. m. Aſ. facha, ou cinto;

     CAMARABANDO, n[oun]. m[asculine]. As[ia]. sash, or belt;