Kashmirn.
/ˌkaʃˈmɪə/, U.S. /ˈkæʃˌmɪ(ə)r/, /ˈkæʒˌmɪ(ə)r/ 1. A native or inhabitant of Kashmir. Frequently attributive, of or pertaining to Kashmir.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > East Indies > [adjective] > other Himalayan lands
Nepalian1785
Nepalese1819
Sikkimese1861
Bhutanese1880
Kashmir1882
Kashmiri1884
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of India > [noun] > native or inhabitant of India > parts of
Malabar1582
Gujaratic1607
Bengalan1613
Goan1652
Hindustan1662
Macassar1665
Gangetic1677
Malabarian1709
Mysorean1761
Bengalese1778
Assamese1794
Hindustani1813
Marwari1815
Sindhi1815
mofussilite1828
Mizo1832
Goanese1835
Punjabi1843
Bengali1848
Sindian1849
Madrasi1851
Toda1851
Hindia1853
Lushai1862
Kashmirian1876
Kashmir1882
Kashmiri1882
Konkani1885
ditcher1886
Ladakhi1893
Bihari1897
Sikkimese1938
Rajasthani1947
Maharashtrian1953
1882 F. M. Crawford Let. 21 July in M. H. Elliott My Cousin F. M. Crawford (1934) vi. 136 The Tibetans have no postage stamps, but the Kashmirs have.
1887 J. M. Brown Shikar Sketches 237 The Kashmir stag—cervus Cashmeriensis.
1925 A. G. Arbuthnot in G. Burrard Big Game Hunting 126 A very old Kashmir shikari.
1971 R. Russell tr. A. Ahmad Shore & Wave i. 15 Courtiers..who had been..patiently gazing at the Kashmir carvings on the wooden columns.
2. Also Cashmere. Used attributively of a Caucasian pileless carpet, characterized by the many loose yarn ends on the back resembling a Cashmere shawl. Also elliptical.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > floor-covering > [noun] > carpet > Oriental > Caucasian
Kashmir1900
1900 J. K. Mumford Oriental Rugs (1901) ix. 119 It is the shaggy ends of the colored nap-yards, left loose at the back of these rugs, which has given them the name of ‘Kashmir’... The true name of the so-called ‘Kashmir’ rugs is Shemakha, derived from the city where they are marketed.
1904 M. B. Langton How to know Oriental Rugs iii. 127 The Cashmere or Soumak rugs are not from the Vale of Cashmere, in India,..but are made by the nomad tribes in and about Shemakha, the old capital of Shirvan.
1931 A. U. Dilley Oriental Rugs & Carpets vii. 179 Soumak rugs, formerly called Kashmir,..derive their true name from the town of Shemakha.
1962 C. W. Jacobsen Oriental Rugs ii. 297 Rugs are generally called Soumak or Kashmirs... The distinguishing feature of this rug is the loose ends of stitch yarn at the back of the rug, about the same effect as we find in the Cashmere shawl.
Derivatives
Kashˈmirian n. a native or inhabitant of Kashmir.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of India > [noun] > native or inhabitant of India > parts of
Malabar1582
Gujaratic1607
Bengalan1613
Goan1652
Hindustan1662
Macassar1665
Gangetic1677
Malabarian1709
Mysorean1761
Bengalese1778
Assamese1794
Hindustani1813
Marwari1815
Sindhi1815
mofussilite1828
Mizo1832
Goanese1835
Punjabi1843
Bengali1848
Sindian1849
Madrasi1851
Toda1851
Hindia1853
Lushai1862
Kashmirian1876
Kashmir1882
Kashmiri1882
Konkani1885
ditcher1886
Ladakhi1893
Bihari1897
Sikkimese1938
Rajasthani1947
Maharashtrian1953
1876 C. F. G. Cumming From Hebrides to Himalayas II. 309 Kashmerians, Persians, Paharis, Hindus of every possible sect.
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