kamees

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/kəˈmiːz/

noun

A long, loose shirt or blouse worn in some South Asian and Islamic countries.

OriginArabic قَمِيص (qamīṣ) ← Latin camisiabor.? ← Proto-West Germanic *hamiþi →
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Meanings

nounkamees (plural kamees or kameeses)

plural kameeses · alternative kameez · alternative kameeze · alternative qameez

  1. A long, loose shirt or blouse worn in some South Asian and Islamic countries.

    Komal caresses the edge of her kameez with her fingers.

    2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 125

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*hamô
  2. Proto-West Germanic*hamō
  3. Proto-West Germanic*hamiþi
  4. Latincamisiabor.?
  5. Arabicقَمِيص (qamīṣ)
  6. Englishkamees

Borrowed from Arabic قَمِيص (qamīṣ). Doublet of chemise.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with kamees

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Anagrams

maskee
Cite this entry
APA

kamees. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kamees

MLA

“kamees.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kamees. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kamees,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kamees.

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