Kashmir

See also: kashmir

English

Map of the disputed Kashmir region.

Alternative forms

• Cashmere (archaic)
• Kashmeer (dated)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani कश्मीर / کشمیر (kaśmīr, “Kashmir”), from Sanskrit कश्मीर (kaśmīra).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkæʃ.miɹ/, /kæʃˈmiɹ/, or sometimes /ˈkæʒ.miɹ/, /kæʒˈmiɹ/

• Audio (General American):

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• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Proper noun

Kashmir

2. A contested geographic region of South Asia in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, located between (and de facto divided between) India, Pakistan and China.
   • 2019 August 11, Leela Jacinto, “Modi’s shock Kashmir move threatens India’s standing on world’s stage”, in France 24‎^[1], archived from the original on 11 August 2019, Asia / Pacific‎^[2]:

     The picturesque Himalayan region of Kashmir is dangerously contested territory, parts of it claimed by India, Pakistan and China. While the three nuclear armed nations have gone to war over territorial disputes over the past seven decades, the rights of Kashmiris and their dreams of self-determination have been systematically sacrificed, like lambs to slaughter for the Muslim festival.

   • 2023 January 11, Rupam Jain, Kanupriya Kapoor, “How India's ruling party is tightening its grip on Kashmir”, in Mike Collett-White, David Clarke, editors, Reuters‎^[3], archived from the original on 12 January 2023‎^[4]:

     Pakistan has claimed Kashmir since the partition of India in 1947 and the countries have fought two wars over the region, which is also partially claimed by China.

   • 2023 October 14, “Massive hype, crowds as India, Pakistan meet in cricket world cup match”, in EFE‎^[5], archived from the original on 15 October 2023‎^[6]:

     The biggest rivalry in cricket reflects bilateral ties outside the ground, as India and Pakistan have fought several wars since the subcontinent was divided into two nations upon its independence from the British empire in 1947.
     The two neighboring countries are involved in a territorial dispute over the Kashmir region, and New Delhi has accused Islamabad of sponsoring cross-border terrorism, a charge that the latter denies.

3. An intermontane valley situated between Pir Panjal Range and Himadri.

Derived terms

• from Kashmir to Kanyakumari
• Kashmir cypress
• Kashmiri
• Kashmirian
• Kashmir stag

Related terms

• cashmere
• Koshur

Translations

region

• Arabic: كَشْمِير m (kašmīr), قِشْمِير m (qišmīr)
• Assamese: কাশ্মীৰ (kasmir)
• Bengali: কাশ্মীর (bn) (kaśmir)
• Catalan: Caixmir m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 克什米爾 / 克什米尔 (zh) (Kèshímǐ'ěr), 喀什米爾 / 喀什米尔 (zh) (Kàshímǐ'ěr)

• Czech: Kašmír (cs) m
• Danish: Kashmir
• Dogri: कश्मीर (kaśmīr)
• Dutch: Kasjmir (nl)
• Dzongkha: ཁ་ཆེ (kha che)
• Esperanto: Kaŝmiro
• Finnish: Kashmir
• French: Cachemire (fr) m
• Georgian: ქაშმირი (kašmiri)
• German: Kaschmir (de) n
• Greek: Κασμίρ (el) n (Kasmír)
• Gujarati: કાશ્મીર (kāśmīr)
• Hindi: कश्मीर (hi) (kaśmīr), काश्मीर (hi) m (kāśmīr)
• Hungarian: Kasmír (hu)
• Japanese: カシミール (Kashimīru)
• Kannada: ಕಾಶ್ಮೀರ (kn) (kāśmīra)
• Kashmiri: کٔشیٖر (kạśīr), کَشیٖر (kaśīr)
• Khmer: កស្មីរ (km) (kasmir)
• Korean: 카슈미르 (Kasyumireu)
• Malayalam: കശ്മീർ (kaśmīṟ)
• Manchu: ᡴᠠᠰᡳᠮᡳᡵ (kasimir)
• Marathi: काश्‍मीर (kāś‍mīr)
• Nepali: काश्मीर (ne) (kāśmīra), कश्मीर (ne) (kaśmīra)
• Newar: काष्मीर् (kāṣmīr)
• Odia: କାଶ୍ମୀର (or) (kāśmira), କଶ୍ମୀର (or) (kaśmira), ଶାସ୍ତ୍ର ଶିଳ୍ପୀ (or) (śāstra śiḷpi), କୀର (or) (kira)
• Persian: کشمیر (kašmir), قشمیر (qešmir)
• Polish: Kaszmir (pl) m
• Portuguese: Caxemira f
• Punjabi: ਕਸ਼ਮੀਰ (kaśmīr)
• Russian: Кашми́р (ru) m (Kašmír)
• Sanskrit: कश्मीर (sa) m (kaśmīra), काश्मीर (sa) m (kāśmīra)
• Shina: کشمیر (kašmir)
• Sinhalese: කාශ්මීරය (kāśmīraya)
• Spanish: Cachemira (es) f
• Tajik: Кашмир (Kašmir)
• Tamil: காஷ்மீர் (ta) (kāṣmīr)
• Telugu: కాశ్మీర్ (kāśmīr)
• Thai: กัศมีร์ (gàt-sà-mǐi), แคชเมียร์ (kɛ́ɛs-miia)
• Tibetan: ཀསྨིར (ksmir), ཀ་ཤི་མིར (ka shi mir)
• Turkish: Keşmir
• Urdu: کشمیر m (kaśmīr)
• Uyghur: كەشمىر (keshmir)
• Western Panjabi: کشمیر (kaśmīr)
• Yiddish: קאַשמיר (kashmir)

Noun

Kashmir (plural Kashmirs)

1. Alternative form of Cashmere (“type of goat”).

See also

• Jammu and Kashmir
• Jammu

Further reading

• “Kashmir”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “Kashmir”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer.
• “Kashmir, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “Kashmir”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Kashmir”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Kashmir”, in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2026
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Kashmir”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[7], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1514, column 1

Anagrams

• Mashrik, khimars

Italian

Etymology

From Hindi कश्मीर (kaśmīr) / Urdu کشمیر (kašmīr), from Sanskrit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʃ.mir/
• Rhymes: -aʃmir
• Hyphenation: Kàsh‧mir

Proper noun

Kashmir m

1. Kashmir (a contested geographic region of South Asia in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, located between (and de facto divided between) India, Pakistan and China)
2. Cashmere