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سِرْوال
loose trousers /sirˈwaːl/
nounB1#1862 most common
Also: baggy pants, traditional wide-legged trousers
Example sentences
هٰذَا سِرْوالٌ جَديدٌ.
These are new trousers.
اِشْتَرَيْتُ سِرْوالاً أَزْرَقَ.
I bought blue trousers.
لا يُناسِبُني هٰذا السِّرْوالُ لِأَنَّهُ ضَيِّقٌ.
These trousers don't fit me because they are tight.
يَرْتَدي الرِّجالُ في القَريةِ سِرْوالاً واسِعاً في الصَّيْفِ.
The men in the village wear loose trousers in summer.
مَزَّقْتُ سِرْوالي عِندَما تَسَلَّقْتُ السّورَ.
I tore my trousers when I climbed the wall.
كانَ السِّرْوالُ الفَضْفاضُ رَمْزاً لِلمَكانةِ الاجْتِماعيّةِ في بَعْضِ الحَضاراتِ القَديمةِ.
The loose trousers were a marker of social rank in some ancient societies.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | سِرْوالٌ | سَراويلُ |
| Genitive | سِرْوالٍ | سَراويلَ |
| Accusative | سِرْوالاً | سَراويلَ |
| Vocative | يا سِرْوالُ | يا سَراويلُ |
Word family
سَراويلtrousers (plural)
سَرْوَلَto dress someone in trousers
مُسَرْوَلwearing trousers
سُرَيْوِلsmall trousers (diminutive)
Etymology
Arabic borrowed the word from Persian shalwār, a term for loose trousers. It entered Arabic early and spread across the wider region through trade and dress. The same Persian source fed several other languages, which is why similar forms appear from Greece to Turkey.
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