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kamees

/kəˈmiːz/

kamees noun: a long, loose shirt or blouse worn in some South Asian and Islamic countries.

Noun

kamees (plural kamees or kameeses)

  1. A long, loose shirt or blouse worn in some South Asian and Islamic countries.
    • Komal caresses the edge of her kameez with her fingers.2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 125

kamees meaning in Pashto

kamees in Pashto

kamees
خت xət

Forms of kamees

pluralkamees
pluralkameeses
alternative formkameez
alternative formkameeze
alternative formqameez

Origin of kamees

Borrowed from Arabic قَمِيص (qamīṣ). Doublet of chemise.

Words formed from kamees

Phrases with kamees

Words that rhyme with kamees

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Questions about kamees

What does kamees mean?
Kamees means a long, loose shirt or blouse worn in some South Asian and Islamic countries.
What is kamees in Pashto?
Kamees in Pashto is خت (xət). See Kamees meaning in Pashto.
What part of speech is kamees?
Kamees is a noun.
How do you pronounce kamees?
Kamees is pronounced /kəˈmiːz/.
What is the plural of kamees?
The plural of kamees is kamees.

Words near kamees in the dictionary

  1. kameela
  2. kameeldoorn
  3. kameeldoorns
  4. kameelthorn
  5. kameelthorns
  6. kamees
  7. kameeses
  8. kameez
  9. kameeze
  10. kameezes
  11. Kamehameha

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: kamees (page history and authors); خت (Pashto) (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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