Dreadlocks in Hindi
Meaning, Devanagari spelling and pronunciation
The meaning of “dreadlocks” in Hindi is कसकर बटे हुए बालों की लट, pronounced kasakar baTe hue balon ki laT — it is a noun. Copy the Devanagari word above, hear how it is pronounced, and use it anywhere. To type words like this yourself, try our Hindi typing tool, or explore more words in the vocabulary sets.
A hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into matted strings.
Borrowed from Jamaican Creole dreadlocks, from dread (“of or relating to a dread”, adjective) (from dread (“(usually black) male member of the Rastafarian movement who wears his hair in dreadlocks”, noun), from English dread (“reverential or respectful fear; awe”), referring to the awe inspired by God) + English locks (plural of lock (“length or tuft of hair”)). The English word is analyzable as dread (“Rastafarian”, attributive) + locks.
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