bandana

• n. 大手帕（花色丝质的）

来自印度语，词源同band, 指印度一种把布绑在一起进行扎染的技术，通常颜色会比较鲜艳。

bandana (n.)

also often bandanna, 1752, from Hindi bandhnu, a method of dyeing, from Sanskrit badhnati "binds" (because the cloth is tied like modern tie-dye), from same PIE root as band (n.1). Etymologically, the colors and spots are what makes it a bandana.