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Definition of Shalwar
1. Noun. A pair of light loose trousers with a tight fit around the ankles; worn by women from the Indian subcontinent (usually with a kameez).
Definition of Shalwar
1. Noun. (qualifier in singular or plural) loose trousers worn in some South Asian or Islamic countries, especially by women ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shalwar
1. loose-fitting trousers [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shalwar
Literary usage of Shalwar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Three Years in Constantinople: Or, Domestic Manners of the Turks in 1844 by Charles White (1845)
"... than the short shalwar*. * The following is a list of all articles composing
the attire of both sexes:— Female Dress. Entary ... Gown. shalwar . ..."
2. Three Years in Constantinople: Or, Domestic Manners of the Turks in 1844 by Charles White (1846)
"... than the short shalwar*. " The following is a list of all articles composing
the attire of both sexes:— Female Dress. Entary ... Gown. shalwar . ..."
3. A Journey Through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, in the by James Justinian Morier (1816)
"The shalwar is very useful in carrying light baggage, as handkerchiefs, small
books, &c. &c. not unfrequently a slight meal. Like the Turks, and indeed ..."
4. The New annual register, or General repository of history, politics, and by Andrew Kippis (1813)
"The shalwar is very useful in carrying light baggage, as handkerchiefs, small
books, &c. &c. not unfrequently a slight meal. " The Persians shave all the ..."
5. The Christian Observatory by Alexander Wilson M'Clure (1848)
"The shalwar are more like the article you designate by the title " inexpressibles"
than the capacious garment which the •word shalwar would bring before the ..."
6. Travels in European Turkey, in 1850: Through Bosnia, Servia, Bulgaria by Edmund Spencer (1851)
"My gaudy braided jacket and crimson shalwar might do well for Belgrade; ...
Here he may wear the costume of the lordly Arnout, the crimson shalwar and belt ..."
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