shahtoosh en · NOUN
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian [Term?], meaning "king of fine wools".
Meanings
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(countable) A light but warm Kashmiri shawl made with hair from the chiru, or Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii), an endangered species.
These are first-quality shatoosh. Made from chin hairs of very rare Tibetan antelope. Woven in Kashmir.
2007, Paul Theroux, “Monkey Hill”, in The Elephanta Suite, Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, →ISBN, page 43:
- (uncountable) Fibre used in the making of such shawls.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| shahtooshes | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| shahtush | alternative | lexicographic | |
| shahtoosh | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| shatoosh | alternative | lexicographic |