Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
kamis .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A loose
shirt worn in some South Asian and Islamic countries.
Etymologies
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From Arabic قميص qamīs, perhaps from late Latin camisa ‘shirt’.
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Examples
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Two persons were dressed in jeans and shirts while others in Shalwar-kamees and rucksacks filled with Kalashnikov rifle, rocket launchers, ammunition and grenades.
Asian Tribune 2009
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