{{short description|Traditional baggy trousers of Turkey}} {{redirect|Turkish trousers|the racehorse|Turkish Trousers (horse)}} 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 gathered in tightly at the ankle. They are part of Turkish folk dress.
Men may wear the traditional loose coat, called ''jubba'', over the şalvar. Other upper garments are also worn over or under the şalvar.
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Westernized the dress code in Turkey in the 1920s as part of his reforms. However, men and women still wear the şalvar in many areas of Turkey, indifferent to social status.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=kH8vHyButLQC&q=turkish+salvar+suits Miller, Louise R (1998), Turkey: Between East and West]</ref>
Similar pants in other cultures include the tshalvar, schalwar, salwar kameez, patiala salwar, shintijan, sirwal, sharovary, aladdin pants, balloon pants, drop crotch pants, pantaloons, zouave, tobi trousers, pluderhose and pumphose.
== Origins == The etymology comes from the Greek word ''saravara'' ({{Langx|el|σαράβαρα}}), which is in turn a borrowing from the Scythian ''*šarabāra'', both meaning "Scythian trousers," possibly indicating to it having been introduced with the nomadic culture of the Turkic peoples, being rooted in heavy Turco-Scythic syncretism.<ref>Johnny Cheung, ''On the (Middle) Iranian borrowings in Qur’ānic (and pre-Islamic) Arabic'', Leiden University. p. 25.</ref><ref>Kock, Theodor (1884), ''Comicorum atticorum fragmenta,'' volume 2, Leipzig: B. G. Teubner, p. 97.</ref>
==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.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=F5W2L-aenQkC&dq=turkish+salwar+suit&pg=PA180 The Report: Turkey 2008. The Oxford Business Group]</ref> The şalvars are of varying degrees of bagginess and are gathered at the ankle.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=OB8OAQAAMAAJ&q=turkish+salvar+suits Schneider, Dux (1975) Turkey]</ref> Bright colours and flowered prints are favoured by rural women.<ref>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]</ref> The total female ensemble includes the ''gömlek'' (chemise), şalvar and ''entari'' (robe).<ref>[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]</ref> <gallery mode=packed> File:Constan.jpg|Studio portrait of models wearing traditional clothing from Istanbul, Ottoman Empire File:Cyprus 19th cent costumes.png|Greek Christian Ottomans of Cyprus, 19th century File:Selcuk woman edit.JPG|Traditional Turkish dress in Selçuk, pre-2007 File:Kiselovo-turkish.jpg|Traditional Turkish dress worn in General Kiselvo, Bulgaria </gallery>
==In male dress== The traditional male dress includes the şalvar, ''yelek'' (vest) and ''cebken'' (jacket).<ref>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]</ref> The men's salvar is popular in southern Turkey, especially in the villages of Cilicia, and the districts of Urfa and Diyarbakir.<ref>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]</ref> <gallery mode="packed"> File:Turkish Trousers.jpg|Turkish trousers with over the calf socks File:Samovar bearer in Istambul.jpg|Samovar bearer in Istanbul File:Turkish Jews. Late-Ottoman era.jpg|Jewish Ottomans, end of the 19th century File:Salwar pajama pants.jpg|One cut of salwar </gallery>
== See also == * Knickerbockers * Bloomers * Harem pants
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Folk costume}}
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