sherwani

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu شیروانی, from the name of a town in Persia. Hindi: शेरवानी (śervānī).

Noun

sherwani (plural sherwanis)

  1. A knee-length coat that buttons to the neck, worn by man, over a shalwar kameez, in parts of India and Pakistan.

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