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Definition of sherwani noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

sherwani

noun

/ʃɜːˈwɑːni/

/ʃɜːrˈwɑːni/

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a knee-length coat with buttons up to the neck, sometimes worn by men from South Asia
Word Originfrom Urdu and Persian širwānī ‘from Shirvan’ (referring to a town in NE Persia).

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