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phiran

noun /ˈfɪɹən/

  1. A long cloak or robe worn by women and men in Kashmir.

    She was wearing a dark kerchief around her head and a full-length dark phiran over a long dark shirt.

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Kashmiri پھؠرَن (phyaran), either a corruption of Classical Persian پیرَاهَن (pērāhan, “cloak, shirt”), or in turn inherited from Sanskrit परिधान (paridhā́na, “wrap, clothing”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry phiran (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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