shyrdak

English

Etymology

From Kyrgyz шырдак (şırdak).

Noun

shyrdak (plural shyrdaks)

A shyrdak on the floor of a home in Aksy District, Kyrgyzstan.

1. A colourful stitched felt rug, traditionally hand-made in Central Asia.
   • 2015 October 8, Gia Kourlas, “Review: Seán Curran Company in a Cross-Cultural Exchange”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Mr. Curran places his dance in a warm setting, marked by reds and rusts; a vinyl printed collage of shyrdak felt rugs from the Tien Shan mountains hangs on the back wall, and stencils identical to the patterns from it are projected on to the red stage like textured spotlights.