‖ sherwani
(ʃɜːˈwɑːniː)
[Hindi.]
In the Indian sub-continent, a knee-length coat, buttoning to the neck, worn by men.
| 1911 [see achkan]. 1964 D. N. Wilbur Pakistan viii. 168 Among well-to-do Moslems generally, a long coat known as a sherwani is worn. 1971 R. Russell tr. A. Ahmad's Shore & Wave vi. 54 He gravely took off his sherwani and hung it on the coat-hanger. |