Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A long loose tunic, typically of three-quarter length and slit to the waist at the sides, worn chiefly by women in South Asia.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
kamees .
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- noun a long tunic worn by many people from the Indian subcontinent (usually with a salwar or churidars)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Say what you like, a girl wearing a salwar kameez is a lot more attractive than a chav.
Who Wears The Trousers ? Newmania 2008
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The women embroider miniature versions of the 'kameez'-top and the front portion of the dish-dasha on the bags.
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Omani women's clothing basically consists of a 'kameez'-type (long) top worn over trousers, while the men wear a' dish-dasha '- an ankle-length collar-less grown with long-sleeves.
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The more widely accepted etymology suggests that kameez is an Indo-European word and related to the French chemise.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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The more widely accepted etymology suggests that kameez is an Indo-European word and related to the French chemise.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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The Islamists resent the saree, which, they aver, reveals too much and is the dress worn across the border by Hindu women; the nationalists deplore the shalwar-kameez, which is worn by the Muslim state of Pakistan, from which we broke away: respect for the saree is all of a piece with respect for Bengali, which is spoken in Indian West Bengal, where women wear the saree.
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The kameez is the long dress-like tunic; the salwar pronounced shall-wah is the baggy trousers; the scarf/shawl is called a dupatta
Archive 2006-11-01 Julie Lindsay 2006
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The kameez is the long dress-like tunic; the salwar pronounced shall-wah is the baggy trousers; the scarf/shawl is called a dupatta
My K12 Online Conference Presentation Julie Lindsay 2006
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The word kameez is derived from the Latin camisia (shirt or tunic
RO.RSS 2009
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We'll make a shalwar kameez, which is a traditional garment worn in Pakistan among other places.
CGArena - Get Attention in the Computer Graphics Community 2010
chained_bear commented on the word kameez
Usage on shalwar.
March 21, 2009