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shahtoosh

shahtoosh noun: a light but warm Kashmiri shawl made with hair from the chiru, or Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii), an endangered species.

shahtoosh: a light but warm Kashmiri shawl made with hair from the chiru, or Tibetan antelope (Pantholops...
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Noun

shahtoosh (countable and uncountable, plural shahtooshes or shahtoosh)

  1. (countable) A light but warm Kashmiri shawl made with hair from the chiru, or Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii), an endangered species.
    • These are first-quality shatoosh. Made from chin hairs of very rare Tibetan antelope. Woven in Kashmir.2007, Paul Theroux, “Monkey Hill”, in The Elephanta Suite, Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, →ISBN, page 43
  2. (uncountable) Fibre used in the making of such shawls.

Forms of shahtoosh

pluralshahtooshes
pluralshahtoosh
alternative formshahtush
alternative formshatoosh

Origin of shahtoosh

Borrowed from Persian [Term?], meaning "king of fine wools".

Questions about shahtoosh

What does shahtoosh mean?
Shahtoosh means a light but warm Kashmiri shawl made with hair from the chiru, or Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii), an endangered species.
What part of speech is shahtoosh?
Shahtoosh is a noun.
What is the plural of shahtoosh?
The plural of shahtoosh is shahtooshes.

Words near shahtoosh in the dictionary

  1. shahruds
  2. Shahryar
  3. shahs
  4. Shahsevan
  5. Shahsevani
  6. shahtoosh
  7. shahtooshes
  8. shahtoot
  9. shahtoots
  10. shahtush
  11. shahy

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