different between shawl vs ruana

English

Etymology

Via Hindi ??? (??l) and Urdu ???? (??l), ultimately from Persian ???? (šâl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???l/
• Rhymes: -??l

Noun

shawl (plural shawls)

1. A square or rectangular piece of cloth worn as a covering for the head, neck, and shoulders, typically by women. [from 1662]
2. A fold of wrinkled flesh under the lips and neck of a bloodhound, used in scenting.

Derived terms

• beshawled

Translations

Verb

shawl (third-person singular simple present shawls, present participle shawling, simple past and past participle shawled)

1. (transitive) To wrap in a shawl.

Anagrams

• Walsh

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English shillen, from Old English s?ylian, s?ilian.

Verb

shawl

1. to shell

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN

English

Etymology

From Spanish, from Chibcha.

Noun

ruana (plural ruanas)

1. An outer garment typical of the Andes region of Venezuela and Colombia, and resembling a poncho.

Anagrams

• Aruna, Ranua

Spanish

Adjective

ruana f

1. feminine singular of ruano