surpoose
English
Etymology
Persian [Term?] (literally “head-cover”)
Noun
surpoose (plural surpooses)
- (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, […].