surpoose

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Classical Persian سرپوش (sar-pōš, literally “head-cover”), but likely transmitted through an Indic language.

Noun

surpoose (plural surpooses)

1. (India, archaic) A cover, as of a basin, dish, hookah bowl, etc.

Related terms

• tarboosh

References

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “surpoose”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].