Kashmir

See also: kashmir

English

Map of the disputed Kashmir region.

Alternative forms

• Cashmere (archaic)
• Kashmeer (dated)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani कश्मीर / کشمیر (kaśmīr, “Kashmir”), from Sanskrit कश्मीर (kaśmīra).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkæʃ.miɹ/, /kæʃ.ˈmiɹ/, or sometimes /ˈkæʒ.miɹ/, /kæʒ.ˈmiɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Proper noun

Kashmir

1. A region of the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, located between (and de facto divided between) China, India, and Pakistan.
   • 2019 August 11, Leela Jacinto, “Modi’s shock Kashmir move threatens India’s standing on world’s stage”, in France 24‎^[1], archived from the original on August 11, 2019, Asia / Pacific‎^[2]:

     The picturesque Himalayan region of Kashmir is dangerously contested territory, parts of it claimed by India, Pakistan and China. While the three nuclear armed nations have gone to war over territorial disputes over the past seven decades, the rights of Kashmiris and their dreams of self-determination have been systematically sacrificed, like lambs to slaughter for the Muslim festival.

   • 2023 January 11, Rupam Jain, Kanupriya Kapoor, “How India's ruling party is tightening its grip on Kashmir”, in Mike Collett-White, David Clarke, editors, Reuters‎^[3], archived from the original on 12 January 2023‎^[4]:

     Pakistan has claimed Kashmir since the partition of India in 1947 and the countries have fought two wars over the region, which is also partially claimed by China.

2. An intermontane valley situated between Pir Panjal Range and Himadri.

Related terms

• cashmere
• Kashmiri
• Kashmir stag
• Koshur

Translations

region

• Arabic: كَشْمِير m (kašmīr), قِشْمِير m (qišmīr)
• Assamese: কাশ্মীৰ (kasmir)
• Bengali: কাশ্মীর (kaśmir)
• Catalan: Caixmir m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 克什米爾／克什米尔 (zh) (Kèshímǐ'ěr)

• Czech: Kašmír (cs) m
• Danish: Kashmir
• Dogri: कश्मीर (kaśmīr)
• Dutch: Kasjmir
• Dzongkha: ཁ་ཆེ (kha che)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: Kashmir
• French: Cachemire (fr) m
• Georgian: ქაშმირი (kašmiri)
• German: Kaschmir (de) n
• Greek: Κασμίρ (el) n (Kasmír)
• Gujarati: કાશ્મીર (kāśmīr)
• Hindi: कश्मीर (hi) (kaśmīr), काश्मीर (hi) m (kāśmīr)
• Hungarian: Kasmír (hu)
• Japanese: カシミール (Kashimīru)
• Kannada: ಕಾಶ್ಮೀರ (kn) (kāśmīra)
• Kashmiri:کٔشیٖر (kạśīr),کَشیٖر (kaśīr)
• Khmer: កស្មីរ (km) (kasmir)
• Korean: 카슈미르 (Kasyumireu)
• Malayalam: കശ്മീർ (kaśmīṟ)
• Marathi: काश्‍मीर (kāś‍mīr)
• Nepali: काश्मीर (ne) (kāśmīra), कश्मीर (ne) (kaśmīra)
• Newar: काष्मीर् (kāṣmīr)
• Odia: କାଶ୍ମୀର (or) (kaśmirô), କଶ୍ମୀର (or) (kôśmirô), ଶାସ୍ତ୍ର ଶିଳ୍ପୀ (or) (śastrô śiḷpi), କୀର (or) (kirô)
• Persian: کشمیر (kašmir), قشمیر (qešmir)
• Polish: Kaszmir (pl) m
• Portuguese: Caxemira f
• Punjabi: ਕਸ਼ਮੀਰ (kaśmīr)
• Russian: Кашми́р (ru) m (Kašmír)
• Sanskrit: कश्मीर (sa) m (kaśmīra), काश्मीर (sa) m (kāśmīra)
• Shina: کشمیر (kašmir)
• Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: Cachemira (es) f
• Tajik: Кашмир (Kašmir)
• Tamil: காஷ்மீர் (ta) (kāṣmīr)
• Telugu: కాశ్మీర్ (kāśmīr)
• Tibetan: ཀསྨིར (ksmir), ཀ་ཤི་མིར (ka shi mir)
• Turkish: Keşmir
• Urdu: کشمیر m (kaśmīr)
• Uyghur: كەشمىر (keshmir)
• Western Panjabi: کشمیر (kaśmīr)
• Yiddish: קאַשמיר (kashmir)

Noun

Kashmir (plural Kashmirs)

1. Alternative form of Cashmere (“type of goat”)

See also

• Jammu and Kashmir
• Jammu

Further reading

• “Kashmir”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• Kashmir at Google Ngram Viewer
• “Kashmir, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “Kashmir”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Kashmir”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Kashmir” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Kashmir”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[5], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1514, column 1

Anagrams

• Mashrik, khimars

Italian

Etymology

From Hindi कश्मीर (kaśmīr) / Urdu کشمیر (kašmīr), from Sanskrit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʃ.mir/
• Rhymes: -aʃmir
• Hyphenation: Kàsh‧mir

Proper noun

Kashmir m

1. Kashmir, Cashmere