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How to pronounce kurta in English?

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Type of shirt

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Even Roache, starring in the film Before the Rains, wore an embroidered kurta.
From the chron.com
The men wear kurta or sadra that covers the upper part above waist.
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For men, stitched versions include kurta-pyjama and European-style trousers and shirts for men.
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Churidar, dupatta, Khara Dupatta, gamchha, kurta, mundum neriyathum, sherwani are among other clothes.
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For men, the kurta pajama is a comfy alternative to sweats.
From the sfgate.com
Men also wear a kurta, which is a long Pakistani-style shirt.
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I bargained for a $12 kurta, a long bright tunic.
From the bostonherald.com
Why cannot one wear kurta and pyjamas?
From the independent.co.uk
Gandhi laughed off the comment at a recent stop on his tour, displaying his muddied white kurta, a long Indian tunic.
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  • A loose collarless shirt worn by many people on the Indian subcontinent (usually with a salwar or churidars or pyjama)
  • A kurta (Urdu: u0643u064Fu0631u062Au0627u200E,Hindi: u0915u0941u0930u094Du0924u093E,Bengali: u09AAu09BEu099Eu09CDu099Cu09BEu09ACu09C0, Punjabi: u0A15u0A41u0A5Cu0A24u0A3E, pronouncedu00A0) is an upper garment for men and women, originating in South Asia, with regional variations of form.
  • Kurta (Georgian: u10E5u10E3u10E0u10D7u10D0; Ossetian: u041Au0443u0440u0442u0430) is an abandoned village in the former South Ossetian autonomous oblast of Georgia. Populated largely by ethnic Georgians, it was one of the towns that remained under the control of Georgia between the unilateral secession of South Ossetia after the 1991u20131992 South Ossetia War and the 2008 South Ossetia War.
  • Shirt or tunic worn by boys (over a pajama/pant) and girls (over a salwar/pant).
  • A loose fitting outerwear about knee-length or beyond with side slits at the hem and generally flared skirt. Worn traditionally with loose trousers (Paijama) or churidarsby both men and women of northern India.
  • Long shirt worn by both men and women in the northern sub-continent, over a pajama (men) or salwar (women)
  • Long shirt. Standard atire of male devotees.
  • A loose shirt worn by men and women, reaching to just above the knees or somewhat below the knees, and worn over dhotis, churidars, salwars or other pants
  • A loose, stitched garment worn by men and women, most commonly described as a tunic.