Etymology

phiran

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Today it means: A long cloak or robe worn by women and men in Kashmir. Full definition →

Kashmiri پھؠرَن ← Classical Persian پیرَاهَن ← Sanskrit परिधान
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The story

  1. Sanskrit · derived fromपरिधान“wrap, clothing”
  2. Classical Persian · borrowed fromپیرَاهَن“cloak, shirt”
  3. Kashmiri · borrowed fromپھؠرَن
  4. English todayphiran

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”).

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