almirah

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani الماری / अलमारी (almārī) from Portuguese armário, from Latin armarium. Doublet of ambry, armarium, and armoire.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /alˈmaɪɹə/

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Noun

almirah (plural almirahs)

1. (South Asia) Cupboard, cabinet or chest of drawers. [from 18th c.]
   • 2011, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Deepika Phukan, The Story of Felanee:

     The three women ran past an almirah and entered a godown.

Alternative forms

• almira, almyrah

Translations

cupboard, cabinet, chest of drawers

• Assamese: আলমাৰি (almari)
• Bengali: আলমারি (bn) (almari)
• Hindi: अलमारी (hi) f (almārī)
• Malayalam: അലമാരി (alamāri)
• Persian:

  Dari: اَلْمارِی (almārī)

• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi ਅਲਮਾਰੀ (pa) f (alamārī)

  Shahmukhi: المارِی f

• Tamil: அலமாரி (ta) (alamāri)
• Urdu: اَلْماری f (almārī)