zardozi

English

Etymology

From Urdu زردوزی (zardōzī, “gold embroidery”), from Classical Persian زردوزی (zardōzī, “gold embroidery”). See there for more.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /zɑːˈdəʊzi/

Noun

zardozi (uncountable)

1. (South Asia) A kind of embroidery using gold or silver thread. [from 19th c.]
   • 2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 101:

     He wore a beautiful Delhi-style cap of black velvet embroidered with zardozi over which he had draped a cloth that concealed his face.