Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sherwani

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.70 in modern English

Syllables
sher-wani
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A knee-length coat that buttons to the neck, worn by men in parts of India and Pakistan.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu شیروانی (śervānī)/Hindi शेरवानी (śervānī), from the name of a town in Persia.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: شیروانی, शेरवानी

Inflected Forms

sherwanis (plural)

Questions

What does sherwani mean?
A knee-length coat that buttons to the neck, worn by men in parts of India and Pakistan.
Where does sherwani come from?
It is traced to Hindi.

How to pronounce sherwani

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