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Definition of Sherwani
1. Noun. A knee-length coat that buttons to the neck, worn by man, over a shalwar kameez, in parts of India and Pakistan ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sherwani
1. an Indian man's coat [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sherwani
Literary usage of Sherwani
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society by Bombay Geographical Society (1840)
"... three hundred houses, Hindu and Mahomedan;— without were groves of large ber
and mimosa trees. The sherwani chief levies a transit fee on merchandize. ..."
2. Mackenzie Collection: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Oriental Manuscripts by Colin Mackenzie, Horace Hayman Wilson (1828)
"This work was last printed in Calcutta in 1818 tinder the encouragement of the
College of Fort William and the superintendance of Sheikh Ahmed Al sherwani. ..."
3. Narrative of a Journey to Kalât, Including an Insurrection at that Place in by Charles Masson (1843)
"... the district of Mastung, annexed with Quetta, to the dominion of Kabal, was
governed by Mahomed Khan, chief of the sherwani tribe of ..."
4. Report on the revision of settlement of the Pánipat tahsil & Karnál parganah by Denzil Charles J. Ibbetson (1883)
"Sheikh Hasan, grandfather, and Sheikh Bi'na, father of (i), very celebrated
surgeons.* 579- The Afghans, or sherwani Pathans, descended from Malk ..."
5. Mackenzie Collection: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Oriental Manuscripts by Horace Hayman Wilson, Colin Mackenzie (1828)
"This work was la«t printed in Calcutta in 1818 under the encouragement of the
College of Fort William and the superintendence of Sheikh Ahmed Al sherwani. ..."
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