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Loose trousers worn in some South Asian or Islamic countries, especially by women but also by men, especially with a kamees.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, singular
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: galligaskins, sherryvallies
Antonyms: none provided
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 source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: salwar
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: trouser, pant
Borrowed from Hindi शलवार (śalvār)/सलवार (salvār) or Urdu شَلْوار (śalvār)/سَلْوار (salvār), from Classical Persian شَلْوَار (šalwār).
Across languages
Translations
86 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Albanian:
shallvarë
— garment
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Southern Altai:
шалмар
(šalmar)
— garment
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Southern Altai:
шалбыр
(šalbïr)
— garment
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Arabic:
سِرْوَال
(sirwāl)
— garment
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Armenian:
շալվար
(šalvar)
— garment
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Assamese:
ছালৱাৰ
(salowar)
— garment
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Avar:
шарбал
(šarbal)
— garment
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Azerbaijani:
şalvar
— garment
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Bashkir:
салбар
(salbar)
— garment
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Belarusian:
шарава́ры
(šaraváry)
— garment
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Bengali:
সালোয়ার
(śalōẇar)
— garment
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Bulgarian:
шалва́ри
(šalvári)
— garment
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Chechen:
шарбал
(šarbal)
— garment
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Chuvash:
шӑлавар
(šălavar)
— garment
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Crimean Tatar:
şalvar
— garment
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Czech:
šaravary
— garment
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Dargwa:
шалбар
(šalbar)
— garment
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Finnish:
haaremihousut
— garment
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French:
charivari
— garment
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French:
sarouel
— garment
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French:
saroual
— garment
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Gagauz:
şalvar
— garment
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Georgian:
შარვალი
(šarvali)
— garment
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German:
Sirwal
— garment
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German:
Sarouel
— garment
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Greek:
σαράβαρα
(sarávara)
— garment
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Greek:
σαράβαλλα
(sarávalla)
— garment
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Hindi:
शलवार
(śalvār)
— garment
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Hindi:
सलवार
(salvār)
— garment
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Hungarian:
salavári
— garment
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Indonesian:
salwar
— garment
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Indonesian:
sirwal
— garment
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Ingush:
шарбал
(šarbal)
— garment
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Kalmyk:
шалвр
(şalvr)
— garment
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Karachay-Balkar:
шалбар
(şalbar)
— garment
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Karakalpak:
shalbar
— garment
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Kazakh:
шалбар
(şalbar)
— garment
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Khakas:
чаңмар
(çañmar)
— garment
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Kumyk:
шалбар
(şalbar)
— garment
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Northern Kurdish:
şelwar
— garment
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Kyrgyz:
чалбар
(calbar)
— garment
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Lezgi:
шалвар
(šalvar)
— garment
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Lithuanian:
šarovarai
— garment
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Macedonian:
шалвари
(šalvari)
— garment
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Malay:
seluar
— garment
-
Malay:
salwar
— garment
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Malayalam:
സൽവാർ
(salvāṟ)
— garment
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Marathi:
सलवार
(salvār)
— garment
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Mongolian:
шалбуур
(šalbuur)
— garment
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Nogai:
шалбыр
(şalbır)
— garment
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Ossetian:
салбар
(salbar)
— garment
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Pashto:
پرتوګ
(partug)
— garment
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Dari:
شَلْوَار
(šalwār)
— garment
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Iranian Persian:
شَلْوار
(šalvâr)
— garment
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Polish:
szarawary
— garment
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Portuguese:
shalwar
— garment
-
Punjabi:
ਸਲਵਾਰ
(salvār)
— garment
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Punjabi:
ਸ਼ਲਵਾਰ
(śalvār)
— garment
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Punjabi:
سَلْوار
(salvār)
— garment
-
Punjabi:
شَلْوار
(śalvār)
— garment
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Romanian:
șalvari
— garment
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Russian:
шарова́ры
(šarováry)
— garment
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Russian:
шальва́ры
(šalʹváry)
— garment
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Serbo-Croatian:
ша̀лваре
— garment
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Serbo-Croatian:
šàlvare
— garment
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Shor:
чанмар
— garment
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Siberian Tatar:
цалбар
— garment
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Siberian Tatar:
чамбар
— garment
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Swahili:
suruali
— garment
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Tajik:
шалвор
(šalvor)
— garment
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Tamil:
சல்வார்
(calvār)
— garment
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Tatar:
чалбар
(çalbar)
— garment
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Turkish:
şalvar
— garment
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Turkish:
şelvar
— garment
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Ottoman Turkish:
شلوار
(şelvâr)
— garment
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Turkmen:
jalbar
— garment
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Tuvan:
шалбыыр
(şalbıır)
— garment
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Ukrainian:
шарова́ри
(šarováry)
— garment
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Ukrainian:
шарава́ри
(šaraváry)
— garment
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Urdu:
شَلْوار
(śalvār)
— garment
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Urdu:
سَلْوار
(salvār)
— garment
-
Uyghur:
شارابار
(sharabar)
— garment
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Uyghur:
shalwur
— garment
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Uzbek:
shalvar
— garment
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Uzbek:
chalvar
— garment
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Zazaki:
şılwal
— garment