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pheran

pheran is the alternative form of phiran.

Meaning of phiran

Noun

phiran (plural phirans)

  1. (India, Pakistan, South-Asia) A long cloak or robe worn by women and men in Kashmir.
    • She was wearing a dark kerchief around her head and a full-length dark phiran over a long dark shirt.2005, Salman Rushdie, Shalimar the Clown, Vintage, published 2006, page 54

Forms of pheran

pluralpherans

Questions about pheran

What is pheran the alternative form of?
Pheran is the alternative form of phiran.

Words near pheran in the dictionary

  1. pheopigment
  2. pheopigments
  3. pheoplast
  4. pheoplasts
  5. pheos
  6. pheran
  7. pherans
  8. Pherecr.
  9. Pherecratean
  10. Pherecrates
  11. Pherecratic

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