kamis
8.8
A long shirt that people wear in some Middle Eastern and South Asian countries
- noun
- UK
:
kamis
- In traditional ceremonies, men often wear a kamis to honor their cultural heritage.
Examples
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Woman's dress (kamis), in "Secular and Sacred."
Academic text (1996) -
Detail of a noblewoman's kamis with embroidered neck, in "Secular and Sacred." Northern Ethiopia, late 19th century.
Academic text (1996) -
The brightly colored kamis was decorated with intricate patterns that reflected the local art style.
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She chose a light cotton kamis for the summer festival to stay cool during the celebrations.
Synonyms
1
9.8
A long shirt worn in South Asia with loose trousers
is used more broadly without a fixed paired lower garment
1
9.9
A long loose coat worn in South Asia, often by men
is a single top garment rather than an outer coat worn over clothes
jubbah
vskamis
9.9
A long loose robe that men wear in some Muslim countries
is mainly a shirtlike tunic used across Middle Eastern and South Asian cultures
thob
vskamis
9.9
A long loose robe that men in the Middle East wear
is more like a tunic or long shirt rather than a full robe
Surface Forms
Etymology
Kamis comes from the Arabic word qamis, which means 'shirt' or 'tunic', and the word moved into Malay and Indonesian. So, kamis still refers to that long, traditional shirt today.