shalwar

English

Alternative forms

salwar, salvar, shalvar, shulwar, shulwaur

Etymology

From Hindi शलवार (śalvār)/सलवार (salvār) or Urdu شلوار‎ (śalvār)/سلوار‎ (salvār), from Persian ‎ (šalvâr).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃʌlvɑɹ/

Noun

shalwar (plural shalwars)

(in singular or plural) Loose trousers worn in some South Asian or Islamic countries, especially by women but also by men, especially with a kamees.
- 1962, Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire:
  How I longed to have him (my gardener, not my landlord) wear a great big turban, and shalwars, and an ankle bracelet.
Synonyms: galligaskins, sherryvallies

Derived terms

shalwar-kameez

Translations

garment

Arabic: سِرْوَال‎ m (sirwāl)
Armenian: շալվար (hy) (šalvar)
Avar: шарбал (šarbal)
Azerbaijani: şalvar (az)
Bashkir: салбар (salbar)
Belarusian: шарава́ры f pl (šaraváry)
Bengali: সালোয়ার (saloẏar)
Bulgarian: шалва́ри (bg) pl (šalvári)
Chechen: шарбал (šarbal)
Chuvash: шӑлавар (šălavar)
Crimean Tatar: şalvar
Dargwa: шалбар (šalbar)
Finnish: haaremihousut pl
French: charivari (fr), sarouel (fr), saroual (fr)
Gagauz: şalvar
Georgian: შარვალი (šarvali)
Greek: σαράβαρα (sarávara), σαράβαλλα (sarávalla)
Hindi: शलवार f (śalvār), सलवार (hi) f (salvār)
Hungarian: salavári
Indonesian: salwar
Ingush: шарбал (šarbal)
Kalmyk: шалвр (shalvr)
Karachay-Balkar: шалбар (şalbar)
Karakalpak: shalbar
Kazakh: шалбар (kk) (şalbar)
Khakas: чаңмар (çañmar)
Kumyk: шалбар (şalbar)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: şelwar (ku)
Kyrgyz: чалбар (ky) (çalbar)
Lezgi: шалвар (šalvar)
Lithuanian: šarovarai
Malay: seluar (ms), salwar
Marathi: सलवार (salvār)
Mongolian: шалбуур (mn) (šalbuur)
Nogai: шалбыр (şalbır)
Ossetian: салбар (salbar)
Ottoman Turkish: شلوار‎ (şelvâr)
Pashto: پرتوګ‎ m (partug)
Persian: شلوار‎ (fa) (šalvâr)
Polish: szarawary (pl) f pl
Portuguese: shalwar f
Russian: шарова́ры (ru) f pl (šarováry)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ша̀лваре f
Roman: šàlvare (sh) f
Shor: чанмар
Siberian Tatar: цалбар, чамбар (dialect)
Southern Altai: шалмар (šalmar), шалбыр (šalbïr) (dialect)
Swahili: suruali (sw)
Tajik: шалвор (šalvor)
Tatar: чалбар (tt) (çalbar)
Turkish: şalvar (tr), şelvar
Turkmen: jalbar (tk)
Tuvan: шалбыыр (şalbıır)
Ukrainian: шарова́ри f pl (šarováry)
Urdu: شلوار‎ (śalvār), سلوار‎ (salvār)
Uyghur: شارابار‎ (sharabar), shalwur
Uzbek: shalvar (uz), chalvar
Zazaki: şılwal n

References

“salwar”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
“shalwar”, in Collins English Dictionary.
“shalwar” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2023.

Anagrams

sharwal