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Garments for outdoor wear.....the full-sleeved waistcoat worn in winter padded with cotton is called mirzāi.
- 1 2 Watson, John Forbes (1867). The Textile Manufactures and the Costumes of the People of India. Allen. p. 56.
- ↑ Brice, Nathaniel (2005). A Romanized Hindūstānī and English Dictionary. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 978-81-206-1951-7.
- ↑ Sharīf, Jaʻfar (1863). Qanoon-e-Islam, Or, The Customs of the Mussulmans of India: Comprising a Full and Exact Account of Their Various Rites and Ceremonies from the Moment of Birth Till the Hour of Death. J. Higginbotham.
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