Kashmiriadj.n.
/ˌkaʃˈmɪəri/, U.S. /ˌkæʃˈmɪri/, /ˌkæʒˈmɪri/ A. adj.
Of or pertaining to Kashmir, a state in the western Himalayas.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > East Indies > [adjective] > other Himalayan lands
Nepalian1785
Nepalese1819
Sikkimese1861
Bhutanese1880
Kashmir1882
Kashmiri1884
1884 R. Kipling Let. in C. E. Carrington Rudyard Kipling (1955) iv. 56 There came out a Cashmiri girl that Moore might have raved over.
1891 ‘L. Malet’ Wages of Sin III. v. vii. 56 The Kashmiree beauties.
1901 R. Kipling Kim i. 33 A smooth-faced Kashmiri pundit.
1936 P. Fleming News from Tartary vii. xi. 375 Kashmiri herdsmen camped in grubby tents.
1971 Shankar's Weekly (Delhi) 4 Apr. 5/3 He was taken for a Kashmiri priest.
B. n.
a. 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
1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 498/2 Families of Chinese and Kashmiris.
1955 Times 27 June 6/3 It is therefore surprising that so little attention is given to the political welfare of the four million Kashmiris.
b. The Dardic language spoken in Kashmir.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Indo-Iranian > Indic > Northern
Shina1854
Kashmiri1880
Khowar1882
1880 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 821/2 The language distinct from Turki, Persian, Hindi, and Kashmiri.
1953 R. Godden Kingfishers catch Fire xiii. 159 She had to speak to them in Urdu and they probably only knew Kashmiri.
1974 ‘S. Harvester’ Forgotten Road i. 11 He spoke..Hindi and Kashmiri, Tamil and Gujerati and Konkani among the many tongues of India.
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adj.n.1880