BINDI

Bindi

A bindi is a forehead decoration worn in South Asia and Southeast Asia. Traditionally it is a bright dot of red color applied in the center of the forehead close to the eyebrows, but it can also consist of other colors with a sign or piece of jewelry worn at this location.

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bindi

Noun

  1. The “holy dot” traditionally worn on the forehead of married Hindu women.
  2. Makeup or jewellery worn in imitation of such a dot.
  3. A tiny, sharp-needled seed often found on the ground in the bush.


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