/ ʃɜːˈwɑːni; NAmE ʃɜːrˈw-/ noun
a knee-length coat with buttons up to the neck, sometimes worn by men from S Asia
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WORD ORIGIN
from Urdu and Persian širwānī from Shirvan (referring to a town in NE Persia).
/ ʃɜːˈwɑːni; NAmE ʃɜːrˈw-/ noun
a knee-length coat with buttons up to the neck, sometimes worn by men from S Asia
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WORD ORIGIN
from Urdu and Persian širwānī from Shirvan (referring to a town in NE Persia).
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005