shalwar

English

Alternative forms

• salwar, salvar, shalvar, shulwar, shulwaur

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃʌlvɑɹ/

Noun

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.

Derived terms

• shalwar kameez

Translations

garment

• Arabic: سِرْوَال m (sirwāl)
• Armenian: շալվար (hy) (šalvar)
• Avar: шарбал (šarbal)
• Azerbaijani: şalvar (az)
• Bashkir: салбар (salbar)
• Belarusian: шарава́ры f pl (šaraváry)
• Bengali: সালোয়ার (bn) (śalōẇar)
• Bulgarian: шалва́ри (bg) pl (šalvári)
• Chechen: шарбал (šarbal)
• Chuvash: шӑлавар (šălavar)
• Crimean Tatar: şalvar
• Dargwa: шалбар (šalbar)
• Finnish: haaremihousut pl
• French: charivari (fr), sarouel (fr), saroual (fr)
• Gagauz: şalvar
• Georgian: შარვალი (ka) (šarvali)
• Greek: σαράβαρα (sarávara), σαράβαλλα (sarávalla)
• Hindi: शलवार f (śalvār), सलवार (hi) f (salvār)
• Hungarian: salavári (hu)
• Indonesian: salwar
• Ingush: шарбал (šarbal)
• Kalmyk: шалвр (şalvr)
• Karachay-Balkar: шалбар (şalbar)
• Karakalpak: shalbar
• Kazakh: шалбар (kk) (şalbar)
• Khakas: чаңмар (çañmar)
• Kumyk: шалбар (şalbar)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: şelwar (ku)

• Kyrgyz: чалбар (ky) (calbar)
• Lezgi: шалвар (šalvar)
• Lithuanian: šarovarai
• Malay: seluar (ms), salwar
• Marathi: सलवार (salvār)
• Mongolian: шалбуур (mn) (šalbuur)
• Nogai: шалбыр (şalbır)
• Ossetian: салбар (salbar)
• Ottoman Turkish: شلوار (şelvâr)
• Pashto: پرتوګ m (partug)
• Persian: شلوار (fa) (šalvâr)
• Polish: szarawary (pl) f pl
• Portuguese: shalwar f
• Russian: шарова́ры (ru) f pl (šarováry)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ша̀лваре f

  Roman: šàlvare (sh) f

• Shor: чанмар
• Siberian Tatar: цалбар, чамбар (dialect)
• Southern Altai: шалмар (šalmar), шалбыр (šalbïr) (dialect)
• Swahili: suruali (sw)
• Tajik: шалвор (šalvor)
• Tatar: чалбар (tt) (çalbar)
• Turkish: şalvar (tr), şelvar
• Turkmen: jalbar (tk)
• Tuvan: шалбыыр (şalbıır)
• Ukrainian: шарова́ри f pl (šarováry)
• Urdu: شلوار (śalvār), سلوار (salvār)
• Uyghur: شارابار (sharabar), shalwur
• Uzbek: shalvar (uz), chalvar
• Zazaki: şılwal n

References

• “salwar”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “shalwar”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “shalwar” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.

Anagrams

• sharwal