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symar

symar is the alternative form of simar.

Meaning of simar

Noun

simar (plural simars)

  1. (archaic, historical) A woman's loose, long dress or robe; sometimes specifically, an undergarment or chemise.
    • [T]heir beautiful tresses were braided and incensed; and they were wrapped in symars whiter than alabaster.1786, [William Beckford], translated by [Samuel Henley], An Arabian Tale, from an Unpublished Manuscript: […] [Vathek], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC
  2. A type of ecclesiastical vestment, similar to a cassock.
  3. (obsolete) A light covering; a cloak or mantle.

Forms of symar

pluralsymars

Questions about symar

What is symar the alternative form of?
Symar is the alternative form of simar.

Words near symar in the dictionary

  1. Sym
  2. sym-
  3. syma
  4. Symaean
  5. Symaeans
  6. symar
  7. symarr
  8. symarrs
  9. symars
  10. symbal
  11. symbals

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Adapted from Wiktionary: symar (page history and authors); simar (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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