A variant spelling of gandoura; a loose-fitting robe worn in North Africa and the Middle East.
An alternative romanization of the Arabic gandūrah. Different transliterations of Arabic words into English were common, reflecting different pronunciation and spelling conventions used by various scholars and travelers.
Spelling variations like 'gandoura' vs. 'gandurah' remind us that English had no standard way to write Arabic words until quite recently—travelers and scholars just spelled them however it sounded to their ears!
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