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Kashmiri
(redirected from Kashmiris)

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Kash·mir·i  (ksh-mîr, kzh-)
n. pl. Kashmiri or Kash·mir·is
1. A native or inhabitant of Kashmir.
2. A Dardic language of Jammu and Kashmir.
Kashmiri [kæʃˈmɪərɪ]
adj
(Placename) (Social Science / Peoples) (Linguistics / Languages) of or relating to Kashmir, its people, or their language
n
1. (Social Science / Peoples) pl -miris, -miri a member of the people of Kashmir
2. (Linguistics / Languages) the state language of Kashmir, belonging to the Dardic group of the Indo-European family of languages
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Kashmiri - a member of the people of Kashmir
Indian - a native or inhabitant of India
2.Kashmiri - the official state language of Kashmir
Dard, Dardic, Dardic language - any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan
Adj.1.Kashmiri - of or relating to or characteristic of Kashmir or its people or culture; "the Kashmiri mountains"; "Kashmiri love poems"


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But following a strange military confrontation at the moment of Partition in 1947, this image was crowded out by nasty struggles over the proper place of this small kingdom in either Pakistan or India, providing a convenient reason to boost military budgets, gather intelligence and conduct covert destabilization, while hundreds of thousands of Kashmiris moved out elsewhere, becoming refugees forced to carry their struggles to the back streets of distant cities.
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