Kashmiri
noun
a native or inhabitant of Kashmir.
Kashmiri
American
[kash-meer-ee, kazh-]
/ kæʃˈmɪər i, kæʒ- /
noun
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Kashmiris,
plural
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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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"I want people to see the story of an unsung Kashmiri woman spinning thread with love," Mr Adnan says.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025
From Mr Dar to Ms Hafiz, they insist their work proves that Kashmiri culture is not fading but fighting to be remembered on its own terms.
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
“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
They gave me a bouquet of flowers, and then Asifa presented me with a traditional Kashmiri shawl, and Mr. Zardari laid a hand on my head, a gesture of respect in my country.
From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai
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
It is also a line, as Ms Zakaria says, "carved by India and Pakistan, and militarised and weaponised, without taking Kashmiris into account".
From BBC ● May 15, 2025
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
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 people, according to Shaw, have Aryan features, resembling those of the Kashmiris, but harsher.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Henry Yule
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