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单词 peshawari
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Peshawarin.adj.

Brit. /pɛˈʃɑːwəri/, /pɛˈʃaʊ(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌpɛˈʃɑwəˌri/
Forms: 1800s– Peshawari, 1900s– Peshawri, 1900s– Peshwari Brit. /pɛˈʃwɑːri/, U.S. /ˌpɛˈʃwɑˌri/.
Origin: A borrowing from Urdu. Etymon: Urdu Peshāwrī.
Etymology: < Urdu Peshāwrī < Peshāwar Peshawar, the name of the capital of the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan + -i suffix2.The form Peshawari is after the spelling of the place name; the form Peshwari is an anglicization reflecting English stress patterns (the place name is stressed on the second syllable).
A. n.
A native or inhabitant of Peshawar.
ΚΠ
1868 Proc. Royal Geogr. Soc. 13 133 The Peshawaris..and the Yaghistanis, both Hindu and Mussulman, exchange Bahadarkhel salt, [etc.].
1897 Times 30 Aug. 3/1 The Afridi sepoys took refuge under the flags, and then the various clans of Peshawaris were disarmed.
1981 News (Frederick, Maryland) 21 May a9 ‘War groupies’ are what some Peshawaris call these transient Americans and Europeans who come for a variety of reasons to this frontier community.
1998 J. Drèze et al. in P. Lanjouw & N. Stern Econ. Devel. in Palanpur iib. ix. 576 The ‘Kabuli’ (or ‘Peshawari’, or ‘Punjabi’, or ‘Mughal’) was a familiar figure throughout Northern India.., coming from Afghanistan or the North-West frontier, selling warm clothing or blankets.
B. adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of Peshawar or the Peshawaris.
ΚΠ
1901 Times 12 Nov. 10/4 His antagonist had..induced some Peshawari mistris (artificers) to undertake the casting of two cannons for him.
1918 R. Kipling Eyes of Asia 53 Would that be Gul Shere Khan—about that Peshawari girl?
1944 Geogr. Jrnl. 104 78 The textiles of the Indian cities, especially the patterned Peshawri turbans.
1983 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 20 Nov. x. 15/1 Peshawari food..includes beef, as well as lamb and chicken dishes.
1996 Manushi (Nexis) May 95 Neither can I claim to be Lahori or Peshawari.

Compounds

Peshawari naan n. (chiefly in form Peshwari naan) a sweetened naan bread, usually incorporating or filled with almonds, sugar, and sultanas.
ΚΠ
1980 J. Passmore Indian Cookery 191 For Peshawari naans mix orange red food colouring with a little water and paint over the triangles of naan dough.
1999 Varsity 5 Nov. 35/1 Over a shared peshwari naan and my spinach and lentil daal..André dropped the bombshell.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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