Almirah
Indian English. a wardrobe, cabinet, or cupboard.
Historical Examples
He heard a laugh, and in Minghal’s loud tones the word “almirah.”
Barclay of the Guides Herbert Strang
Everything seems the same distance—you and the almirah and the table inside my eyes or miles away.
The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition Rudyard Kipling
The two Chinamen were soon routed out from behind the almirah, captured and handed over to the police.
Bengal Dacoits and Tigers Maharanee Sunity Devee
He now remembered that sixteen years before he had put in the almirah an egg he had found in the nest of a toontooni bird.
Folk-Tales of Bengal Lal Behari Day
He saw the khansaman cross the room with the tray in his hand and set it down on one of the shelves of the almirah.
Barclay of the Guides Herbert Strang
Linen feels quite wet if it is left unused in the almirah, or chest of drawers, for a week.
Lippincott’s Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. Various
Everything seems the same distance—you and the almirah and the table—inside my eyes or miles away.
Soldiers Three Rudyard Kipling
He crossed the landing to the opposite room, went to the almirah, and slid back the panel.
Barclay of the Guides Herbert Strang
He quickly explained it to the doctor, then hurried away through the almirah into the secret chamber below.
Barclay of the Guides Herbert Strang
He stepped in, drew back the panel of the almirah to its former place, and disappeared.
Barclay of the Guides Herbert Strang
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