almirah
UK/alˈmaɪɹə/
almirah noun: cupboard, cabinet or chest of drawers.
Noun
almirah (plural almirahs)
- Cupboard, cabinet or chest of drawers.
- The three women ran past an almirah and entered a godown.2011, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Deepika Phukan, The Story of Felanee
almirah meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
almirah in Hindi
- cupboard, cabinet, chest of drawers
- अलमारी almārī
almirah in Tamil
- cupboard, cabinet, chest of drawers
- அலமாரி alamāri
almirah in Urdu
- cupboard, cabinet, chest of drawers
- اَلْماری almārī
almirah in Bengali
- cupboard, cabinet, chest of drawers
- আলমারি almari
More languagesFewer languages
- almirah in Telugu
- బీరువా bīruvā, బీరువ bīruva
- almirah in Malayalam
- അലമാരി alamāri
- almirah in Punjabi
- ਅਲਮਾਰੀ alamārī, المارِی
- almirah in Assamese
- আলমাৰি almari
Forms of almirah
| plural | almirahs |
|---|---|
| alternative form | almira |
| alternative form | almyrah |
Origin of almirah
Borrowed from Hindustani الماری / अलमारी (almārī) from Portuguese armário, from Latin armarium. Doublet of ambry, armarium, and armoire.
Questions about almirah
- What does almirah mean?
- Almirah means cupboard, cabinet or chest of drawers.
- What is almirah in Hindi?
- Almirah in Hindi is अलमारी (almārī). See Almirah meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is almirah?
- Almirah is a noun.
- How do you pronounce almirah?
- Almirah is pronounced /alˈmaɪɹə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of almirah?
- The plural of almirah is almirahs.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: almirah (page history and authors); బీరువ (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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