kameez
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- noun
- /kəˈmiːz/
- Indian
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kameez
- "Excuse me," she asked a young woman in a chartreuse salwar kameez, "which way do I go for the university?"
- shalwar kameez
- wear a kameez
- baggy kameez
Examples
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In the wedding ceremony, she wore a beautiful red kameez that shimmered under the lights.
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Abbas had a religious man's beard and wore a traditional shalwar kameez tunic outfit.
Blog text (18) -
The owner, a rich man from Lahore, sells high-end shalwar kameez as beach cover-ups.
Academic text (2012) -
Her mom is self-conscious about wearing a bindi, saree, or salwar kameez, all because she might attract attention and stares.
Blog text (17) -
I bought a shalwar kameez in Delhi, but haven't yet worn it anywhere because I know I don't look Indian "enough" to wear it without possibly being accused of cultural appropriation or at least being questioned about it.
Blog text (8) -
Villagers noticed his turban—boys here rarely don the headdress except on ceremonial occasions—and that his white shalwar kameez looked new.
Blog text (10) -
In the midst of the preschoolers stood a teenage girl dressed in salwar and kameez, gaping up at the sky in astonishment; a more resourceful Muslim girl was untying the rope tethering several kids together.
Fiction book (2002) -
He felt comfortable in his traditional white kameez while celebrating with family at the festival.
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The artist painted a portrait of a woman dressed in a colorful kameez, showcasing her cultural heritage.
Synonyms
A long shirt that people wear in some Middle Eastern and South Asian countries
Surface Forms
Etymology
Kameez comes from Persian and Arabic words like kamis and qamis that mean 'shirt', and it is related to the English word chemise. So a kameez is a long shirt or 'tunic' often worn in South Asia.