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‖ shalwar|ˈʃʌlvɑː(r)|
Also salvar, salwar, shalvar, shulwar, shulwaur
[Urdu šalwār, Hindi salvār, ad. Pers. šalwār; Cf. sherryvallies, sherwal]
a. Loose trousers worn by both sexes in some South Asian countries, esp. those worn by women together with a kameez.
1824J. Morier Adventures Hajji Baba II. ix. 144 Can I offer him five tomâuns, and a pair of crimson shalwars? 1828J. B. Fraser Kussilbash I. xv. 200 His huge shulwars, or riding trowsers..fell in folds over the large red leather boots. 1840― Koordistan II. v. 118 The Sheikh's cloaks and shulwârs. 1951P. Miles They came to Mountain ix. 91 Over her salvar she wore stockings tied up with bootlaces. 1955R. Prawer Jhabvala To whom she Will xv. 102 She was very fine now in a pink silk kamiz with blue roses on it and a pink salwar. Ibid. 295 The salwar is 104 inches wide at the waist and tied with a cord: when the cord is pulled the material falls in a bunch of folds over the stomach. The legs taper towards the ankles. 1957Geogr. Mag. Aug. 198/1 A sophisticated taste will prefer the fashions of Paris and Bombay to the unbecoming qamis and shalwar of the North. 1967Times 28 Sept. 2 (caption) Muslim children wearing their traditional baggy trousers outside Moat Girls' School, Leicester, yesterday. The shalwars will be allowed by the education authority on religious grounds. 1972H. R. F. Keating Inspector Ghote trusts Heart iii. 34 She was wearing not a sari but a bright, cherry-red kameez and salwar. 1973Observer (Colour Suppl.) 28 Oct. 72/1 Semi-transparent trousers (shalvar) approx {pstlg}30.
b. Comb., as shalwar-, salwar-kameez(e [see kameeze], a woman's outfit consisting of shalwar and kameez or loose tunic.
1955R. Prawer Jhabvala To whom she Will xxx. 222 A lively sturdy girl in coloured salwar-kamiz. 1966J. & R. Godden Two under Indian Sun iv. 104 She in salwar⁓kameeze, the loose tunic and trousers..worn by Muslim and up-country girls. 1977A. Desai Fire on Mountain iii. xi. 136 A bunch of schoolgirls in bright indigo salwar⁓kameez. |