English
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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.
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garment
- Arabic: سِرْوَال m (sirwāl)
- Armenian: շալվար (hy) (šalvar)
- Azeri: şalvar (az)
- Belarusian: шарава́ры f pl (šaraváry)
- Bengali: সালোয়ার (saloẏar)
- Bulgarian: шалва́ри (bg) pl (šalvári)
- Finnish: haaremihousut pl
- French: charivari (fr), sarouel (fr), saroual (fr)
- Georgian: შარვალი (šarvali)
- Greek: σαράβαρα (sarávara), σαράβαλλα (sarávalla)
- Hindi: शलवार (śalvār), सलवार (hi) (salvār)
- Hungarian: salavári
- Indonesian: salwar
- Kalmyk: шалвр (şalvr)
- Kazakh: шалбар (kk) (şalbar)
- Kumyk: шалбар (şalbar)
- Lezgi: шалвар (šalvar)
- Lithuanian: šarovarai
- Malay: seluar, salwar
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- Marathi: सलवार (salavāra)
- Nogai: шалбыр (şalbır)
- Ossetian: салбар (salbar)
- Ottoman Turkish: شالوار (şalvâr), شلوار (şelvâr)
- Persian: شلوار (fa) (šalvâr)
- Polish: szarawary f pl
- Portuguese: shalwar f
- Russian: шарова́ры (ru) f pl (šarováry)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: шалваре f
- Roman: šalvare (sh) f
- Southern Altai: шалмар (şalmar)
- Swahili: suruali (sw)
- Tajik: шалвор (šalvor)
- Tatar: чалбар (tt) (çalbar)
- Turkish: şalvar (tr), şelvar
- Turkmen: jalbar (tk)
- Ukrainian: шарова́ри f pl (šarováry)
- Urdu: شلوار (śalvār), سلوار (salvār)
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