Kashmiri
noun
a native or inhabitant of Kashmir.
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Kashmiri
American
[kash-meer-ee, kazh-]
/ kæʃˈmɪər i, kæʒ- /
noun
Kashmiris,
plural
Kashmiri
plural
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a native or inhabitant of Kashmir.
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the Indo-Iranian language of the Kashmiri.
adjective
kashmiri
British
/ kæʃˈmɪərɪ /
adjective
noun
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a member of the people of Kashmir
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the state language of Kashmir, belonging to the Dardic group of the Indo-European family of languages
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It featured a poem written in Kashmiri, the language spoken in the region.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025
One widely shared video shows a woman spinning yarn on a traditional hand spindle as a Kashmiri folk song plays in the background.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025
"I want people to see the story of an unsung Kashmiri woman spinning thread with love," Mr Adnan says.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025
“This is not going to be sorted out by random attacks or by wars, but by coming to an agreement which guarantees Kashmiri autonomy.”
From Slate ● May 14, 2025
He recognizes versions of things he knows from home: a Kashmiri crewelwork carpet on the floor, Rajasthani silk pillows on the sofa, a cast-iron Natraj on one of the bookcases.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
His lamb korma kashmiri, with its cashew-based sauce studded with fruit, coaxes flavors from every ingredient and combines them into this organic whole, as perfect as double helix DNA.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 18, 2014
Indeed, Kashmiris have told media outlets that they don’t trust that the ceasefire will hold, because how can they?
From Slate ● May 14, 2025
But she adds that it's unfair to place the burden of proving innocence on Kashmiris, when they have themselves become targets of hate and violence.
From BBC ● May 2, 2025
Most importantly, the LoC would be porous, allowing Kashmiris to cross, do business and visit relatives they hadn’t seen for decades.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 21, 2023
When I was a kid, we’d routinely host dinners for incoming Kashmiris who looked our name up in the phone book and asked to come by for a meal and a little advice.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2023
The Kashmiris themselves are of opinion that "once upon a time" they were an honourable and valiant folk, brought gradually to their present condition by foreign oppression.
From A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil by Swinburne, T. R.
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