Sirwal

Sirwal, also sherwal, saroual,^[1]^[2] seroual, sarouel or serouel^[3] (Arabic: سِرْوَال (sirwāl),^{[nb 1]} also known, in some contexts, as (a subtype of) Harem pants, are a form of trousers. The word is of Persian origin; shalwār was borrowed into Greek as σαράβαρα sarábāra, "loose trousers worn by Scythians". The words used in Balkan languages came through the Ottoman Turks and did not continue the Ancient Greek designation.^[4] They are typically worn in Muslim countries, but also extensively in the Polish Commonwealth, in Mallorca, in the Greek countryside, and other places in the Balkans that were influenced by Ottoman Turks prior to World War I. The trousers are not originally an Arab garment but were introduced from Persia to other Mideastern regions.^[5]^[6] The sirwal is also worn by communities in North India.^[7]

The drawstring allows the sirwal to be worn at either the waist or hip level.

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^ Smith, Robin (1996)American Civil War Zouaves, p. 52. Osprey Publishing At Google Books. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
^ F. Steingass: Persian-English Dictionary, p.758a; Liddell & Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon
^ "Sirwāl" in Walther Björkman (1997), Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd ed., volume IX: San–Sze, edited by C. E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel, W. P. Heinrichs and the late G. Lecomte, Leiden: E. J. Brill, ISBN 90-04-10422-4, page 676
^ "الثقافة الشعبية". www.folkculturebh.org. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
^ Sikh Cultural Centre., (2003) The Sikh Review, Volume 51, Issues 1-6; Volume 51, Issues 589-594 [1]

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[smith-3] Smith, Robin (1996)American Civil War Zouaves, p. 52. Osprey Publishing At Google Books. Retrieved 23 August 2013.

[5] F. Steingass: Persian-English Dictionary, p.758a; Liddell & Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon

[6] "Sirwāl" in Walther Björkman (1997), Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd ed., volume IX: San–Sze, edited by C. E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel, W. P. Heinrichs and the late G. Lecomte, Leiden: E. J. Brill, ISBN 90-04-10422-4, page 676

[7] "الثقافة الشعبية". www.folkculturebh.org. Retrieved 17 August 2018.

[8] Sikh Cultural Centre., (2003) The Sikh Review, Volume 51, Issues 1-6; Volume 51, Issues 589-594 [1]

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