mojari

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noun

A type of handmade leather shoe or slipper traditionally worn in northern India and Pakistan.

OriginSindhi [script needed] ← Arabic [script needed] ← Persian [script needed] →
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Meanings

nounmojari (plural mojaris or mojari)

plural mojaris · alternative mojri

  1. South AsiaA type of handmade leather shoe or slipper traditionally worn in northern India and Pakistan.

    She placed my foot on her knee to remove my mojari.

    1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 11
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    He walked behind a curtained doorway and returned first with a beautiful turban and a Bollywood-style Indo-Western suit with a matching pair of mojari shoes.

    2011, Pat Love, Jon Carlson, Never Be Lonely Again, page 52

Origin

  1. Persian[script needed]
  2. Arabic[script needed]
  3. Sindhi[script needed]
  4. Englishmojari

From Sindhi [script needed] (mojari), from Arabic [script needed] (muzaj), from Persian [script needed] (muza).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

romajiArmijoMorija
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APA

mojari. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mojari

MLA

“mojari.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mojari. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mojari,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mojari.

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