# Turkish salvar
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thumb|upright=1.7|Men wearing salvar in Istanbul in 1873, studio photo
'''Turkish şalvar''' (pronounced '''shalvar''', Turkish: {{IPA|tr|ʃalˈvaɾ|}}), '''Turkish trousers''' or '''dimiye''' are traditional baggy [trousers](/source/trousers) gathered in tightly at the ankle. They are part of [Turkish folk dress](/source/Turkish_folk_dress).
Men may wear the traditional loose coat, called ''[jubba](/source/jubba)'', over the şalvar. Other upper garments are also worn over or under the şalvar.
[Mustafa Kemal Atatürk](/source/Mustafa_Kemal_Atat%C3%BCrk) Westernized the dress code in [Turkey](/source/Turkey) in the 1920s as part of [his reforms](/source/Atat%C3%BCrk's_Reforms). However, men and women still wear the şalvar in many areas of Turkey, indifferent to social status.[[https://books.google.com/books?id=kH8vHyButLQC&q=turkish+salvar+suits Miller, Louise R (1998), Turkey: Between East and West]]
Similar pants in other cultures include the tshalvar, schalwar, [salwar kameez](/source/salwar_kameez), [patiala salwar](/source/patiala_salwar), shintijan, [sirwal](/source/sirwal), [sharovary](/source/sharovary), aladdin pants, balloon pants, drop crotch pants, pantaloons, [zouave](/source/zouave), [tobi trousers](/source/tobi_trousers), pluderhose and pumphose.
== Origins ==
The etymology comes from the [Greek](/source/Greek_language) word ''saravara'' ({{Langx|el|σαράβαρα}}), which is in turn a borrowing from the [Scythian](/source/Scythian_languages) ''*šarabāra'', both meaning "[Scythian](/source/Scythians) trousers," possibly indicating to it having been introduced with the nomadic culture of the [Turkic peoples](/source/Turkic_peoples), being rooted in heavy [Turco-](/source/Turkic_culture)[Scythic](/source/Scythic_culture) [syncretism](/source/Cultural_syncretism).[Johnny Cheung, ''On the (Middle) Iranian borrowings in Qur’ānic (and pre-Islamic) Arabic'', Leiden University. p. 25.][Kock, Theodor (1884), ''Comicorum atticorum fragmenta,'' volume 2, Leipzig: B. G. Teubner, p. 97.]
==In female dress==
The traditional clothing for women of Turkey includes the şalvar which is usually worn with upper garments of varying styles and lengths. The traditional şalvar suits are a part of Turkey's culture back to the [Ottoman era](/source/Ottoman_era).[[https://books.google.com/books?id=F5W2L-aenQkC&dq=turkish+salwar+suit&pg=PA180 The Report: Turkey 2008. The Oxford Business Group]] The şalvars are of varying degrees of bagginess and are gathered at the ankle.[[https://books.google.com/books?id=OB8OAQAAMAAJ&q=turkish+salvar+suits Schneider, Dux (1975) Turkey]] Bright colours and flowered prints are favoured by [rural women](/source/rural_women).[Gale Group (1999) Reference Library of Arab America: Countries & ethnic groups, Kuwait to United Arab Emirates [https://books.google.com/books?id=Gd8pAQAAMAAJ&q=+salvar]] The total female ensemble includes the ''gömlek'' ([chemise](/source/chemise)), şalvar and ''entari'' ([robe](/source/robe)).[[https://books.google.com/books?id=zwRSAwAAQBAJ&q=total+ensenble&pg=PA73 Scarce, Jennifer M (2014) Women's Costume of the Near and Middle East]]
File:Constan.jpg|Studio portrait of models wearing traditional clothing from Istanbul, [Ottoman Empire](/source/Ottoman_Empire)
File:Cyprus 19th cent costumes.png|[Greek Christian Ottomans](/source/Christianity_in_the_Ottoman_Empire) of [Cyprus](/source/Cyprus), 19th century
File:Selcuk woman edit.JPG|Traditional Turkish dress in [Selçuk](/source/Sel%C3%A7uk), pre-2007
File:Kiselovo-turkish.jpg|Traditional Turkish dress worn in General Kiselvo, [Bulgaria](/source/Bulgaria)
==In male dress==
The traditional male dress includes the şalvar, ''yelek'' ([vest](/source/Waistcoat)) and ''cebken'' ([jacket](/source/jacket)).[Quataert, Donald Consumption Studies and the History of the Ottoman Empire, 1550-1922: An Introduction [https://books.google.com/books?id=NtB3iWdEfJEC&dq=turkey+salvar+suits&pg=PA224]] The men's salvar is popular in southern [Turkey](/source/Turkey), especially in the villages of [Cilicia](/source/Cilicia), and the districts of [Urfa](/source/Urfa) and [Diyarbakir](/source/Diyarbakir).[Sinclair, T.A. (1989) Eastern Turkey: An Architectural & Archaeological Survey, Volume I, Volume 1 [https://books.google.com/books?id=6KtEBAAAQBAJ&dq=turkish+salvar+suits&pg=PA145]]
File:Turkish Trousers.jpg|Turkish trousers with over the calf socks
File:Samovar bearer in Istambul.jpg|[Samovar](/source/Samovar) bearer in [Istanbul](/source/Istanbul)
File:Turkish Jews. Late-Ottoman era.jpg|[Jewish Ottomans](/source/Jews_in_the_Ottoman_Empire), end of the 19th century
File:Salwar pajama pants.jpg|One cut of salwar
== See also ==
* [Knickerbockers](/source/Knickerbockers_(clothing))
* [Bloomers](/source/Bloomers_(clothing))
* [Harem pants](/source/Harem_pants)
==References==
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Category:Turkish clothing
Category:Clothing of the Ottoman Empire
Category:Trousers and shorts
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