Meanings
nounsherwani (plural sherwanis)
plural sherwanis
- A knee-length coat that buttons to the neck, worn by men in parts of India and Pakistan.First known use 20th c.
The band that leads the procession wears red-and-green sherwanis.
2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 401 more example
Friom a distance, Komal secretly observes Lakshaya, dressed in a fitted maroon sherwani, carefully mount the decorated animal.
2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 283
Origin
- Hindiशेरवानी
- Urduشیروانی
- Englishsherwani
Borrowed from Urdu شیروانی (śervānī)/Hindi शेरवानी (śervānī), from the name of a town in Persia.
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sherwani. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sherwani
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