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phiran

UK/ˈfɪɹən/

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India[pʰɪran]

phiran noun: a long cloak or robe worn by women and men in Kashmir.

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 phiran

pluralphirans
alternative formpheran

Origin of phiran

Borrowed from Kashmiri پھؠرَن (phyaran), either a corruption of Classical Persian پیرَاهَن (pērāhan, “cloak, shirt”), or in turn inherited from Sanskrit परिधान (paridhā́na, “wrap, clothing”).

Words that rhyme with phiran

Questions about phiran

What does phiran mean?
Phiran means a long cloak or robe worn by women and men in Kashmir.
What part of speech is phiran?
Phiran is a noun.
How do you pronounce phiran?
Phiran is pronounced /ˈfɪɹən/ (UK).
What is the plural of phiran?
The plural of phiran is phirans.

Words near phiran in the dictionary

  1. Phippen
  2. Phipps
  3. Phippsburg
  4. Phips
  5. Phipson
  6. phiran
  7. phirans
  8. Phirem
  9. phirmaund
  10. phirmaunds
  11. phirni

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