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shalwar

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈʃʌlwɑɹ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

History

Etymology

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.

  • Albanian: shallvarë — garment
  • Southern Altai: шалмар (šalmar) — garment
  • Southern Altai: шалбыр (šalbïr) — garment
  • Arabic: سِرْوَال (sirwāl) — garment
  • Armenian: շալվար (šalvar) — garment
  • Assamese: ছালৱাৰ (salowar) — garment
  • Avar: шарбал (šarbal) — garment
  • Azerbaijani: şalvar — garment
  • Bashkir: салбар (salbar) — garment
  • Belarusian: шарава́ры (šaraváry) — garment
  • Bengali: সালোয়ার (śalōẇar) — garment
  • Bulgarian: шалва́ри (šalvári) — garment
  • Chechen: шарбал (šarbal) — garment
  • Chuvash: шӑлавар (šălavar) — garment
  • Crimean Tatar: şalvar — garment
  • Czech: šaravary — garment
  • Dargwa: шалбар (šalbar) — garment
  • Finnish: haaremihousut — garment
  • French: charivari — garment
  • French: sarouel — garment
  • French: saroual — garment
  • Gagauz: şalvar — garment
  • Georgian: შარვალი (šarvali) — garment
  • German: Sirwal — garment
  • German: Sarouel — garment
  • Greek: σαράβαρα (sarávara) — garment
  • Greek: σαράβαλλα (sarávalla) — garment
  • Hindi: शलवार (śalvār) — garment
  • Hindi: सलवार (salvār) — garment
  • Hungarian: salavári — garment
  • Indonesian: salwar — garment
  • Indonesian: sirwal — garment
  • Ingush: шарбал (šarbal) — garment
  • Kalmyk: шалвр (şalvr) — garment
  • Karachay-Balkar: шалбар (şalbar) — garment
  • Karakalpak: shalbar — garment
  • Kazakh: шалбар (şalbar) — garment
  • Khakas: чаңмар (çañmar) — garment
  • Kumyk: шалбар (şalbar) — garment
  • Northern Kurdish: şelwar — garment
  • Kyrgyz: чалбар (calbar) — garment
  • Lezgi: шалвар (šalvar) — garment
  • Lithuanian: šarovarai — garment
  • Macedonian: шалвари (šalvari) — garment
  • Malay: seluar — garment
  • Malay: salwar — garment
  • Malayalam: സൽവാർ (salvāṟ) — garment
  • Marathi: सलवार (salvār) — garment
  • Mongolian: шалбуур (šalbuur) — garment
  • Nogai: шалбыр (şalbır) — garment
  • Ossetian: салбар (salbar) — garment
  • Pashto: پرتوګ (partug) — garment
  • Dari: شَلْوَار (šalwār) — garment
  • Iranian Persian: شَلْوار (šalvâr) — garment
  • Polish: szarawary — garment
  • Portuguese: shalwar — garment
  • Punjabi: ਸਲਵਾਰ (salvār) — garment
  • Punjabi: ਸ਼ਲਵਾਰ (śalvār) — garment
  • Punjabi: سَلْوار (salvār) — garment
  • Punjabi: شَلْوار (śalvār) — garment
  • Romanian: șalvari — garment
  • Russian: шарова́ры (šarováry) — garment
  • Russian: шальва́ры (šalʹváry) — garment
  • Serbo-Croatian: ша̀лваре — garment
  • Serbo-Croatian: šàlvare — garment
  • Shor: чанмар — garment
  • Siberian Tatar: цалбар — garment
  • Siberian Tatar: чамбар — garment
  • Swahili: suruali — garment
  • Tajik: шалвор (šalvor) — garment
  • Tamil: சல்வார் (calvār) — garment
  • Tatar: чалбар (çalbar) — garment
  • Turkish: şalvar — garment
  • Turkish: şelvar — garment
  • Ottoman Turkish: شلوار (şelvâr) — garment
  • Turkmen: jalbar — garment
  • Tuvan: шалбыыр (şalbıır) — garment
  • Ukrainian: шарова́ри (šarováry) — garment
  • Ukrainian: шарава́ри (šaraváry) — garment
  • Urdu: شَلْوار (śalvār) — garment
  • Urdu: سَلْوار (salvār) — garment
  • Uyghur: شارابار (sharabar) — garment
  • Uyghur: shalwur — garment
  • Uzbek: shalvar — garment
  • Uzbek: chalvar — garment
  • Zazaki: şılwal — garment