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phirans

phirans is the plural 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

Questions about phirans

What is phirans the plural of?
Phirans is the plural of phiran.

Words near phirans in the dictionary

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

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