shalwar

• salwar, salvar, shalvar, shulwar, shulwaur

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃʌlwɑɹ/

shalwar (plural shalwars)

1. (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.

   Synonyms: galligaskins, sherryvallies

   • 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.

• shalwar kameez

• “salwar”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “shalwar”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “shalwar” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025.

• sharwal