The etymology of “sarouel?” Let's talk about it…

This very old traditional clothing has in recent years become an element of fashion and is growing with increasing appreciation. The sarouel deserves our full attention. Appreciated by the whole society and worn by all types of people, regardless of gender, age, style, or social class, these baggy pants are often put on display ahead of all other Muslim fashions. Today, Custom-Qamis tells you about the etymology of these sarouel pants.

 

A brief history of the sarouel

To better understand the etymology of sarouel, we will first discuss its history briefly and a come to a quick definition of it. Indeed, the sarouel pants, which is also written "saroual", "seroual" or "serwel", is a unisex outfit, very wide in the lower crotch that is worn as pants to cover the lower part of the body.

Coming from Persia, they traveled the Amber Road, formerly known as the "Silk Road", as part of commercial transactions with other civilizations. Once arrived in the Sahara regions, it was directly adopted by the population, more specifically, that of North Africa.

Following the colonization of Algeria in 1830, the sarouel was introduced little by little in France, then in the West, especially by travelers and hippies in the 1970s. Currently, this style is a fashion choice coveted by everybody.

 

Etymology of Sarouel

The word sarouel comes from the Arabic "serwâl", which is itself derived from the Persian "šalvâr", or "šilvâr", from the ancient Persian "zārawāro", which means "pants" in both languages. In Arabic, this written word can be found in several ways, including "širwāl" and "sirwāl".

Currently in vogue among fashion designers, the sarouel phenomenon has been transported around the world. Thus, harem pants became "shalwar" in English, "salvári" in Greek, "szarawary" in Polish, "šarovary" in Russian, "šarivary" in Czech, "şalvar" in Turkish, etc.

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