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Khalam vs Khalat - What's the difference?

khalam | khalat |

As nouns the difference between khalam and khalat

is that khalam is while khalat is a type of native gown worn in parts of central asia.

khalam

English

Noun

(en noun)

    • khalat

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A type of native gown worn in parts of Central Asia.
  • *1870 , , letter, 12 Sep 1870, University of Washington Press 2003 (Vagabond Life ), p. 93:
  • *:Russian faces and dress have almost entirely disappeared and in their places are the enormous fur caps, long khalats , daggers and pistols of the swarthy Daghestan mountaineers and the black stupid faces of the Kalmuck Tartars.
  • *1966 , Elizabeth E. Bacon, Central Asians Under Russian Rule , Cornell 1980, p. 63:
  • *:The khalat was held in place with a girdle; among the upper classes, the richness of the buckle gave a clue to the rank of the wearer.
  • *1990 , (Peter Hopkirk), The Great Game , Folio Society 2010, p. 330:
  • *:Guards armed with scimitars and wearing long, brightly coloured khalats , or silk coats, stood at its gates, while an excited crowd of Khivans lined the way to see the giant figure of the Englishman pass.