sherwani
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Urdu شیروانی (śervānī)/Hindi शेरवानी (śervānī), from the name of a town in Persia.
Noun edit
sherwani (plural sherwanis)
- A knee-length coat that buttons to the neck, worn by men in parts of India and Pakistan. [from 20th c.]
- 2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 40:
- The band that leads the procession wears red-and-green sherwanis.
- 2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 283:
- Friom a distance, Komal secretly observes Lakshaya, dressed in a fitted maroon sherwani, carefully mount the decorated animal.
References edit
- “sherwani”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “sherwani”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “sherwani” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.