Kashmiri
noun
Kash·miri
kash-ˈmir-ē 
kazh-
plural Kashmiris or Kashmiri
1
: an Indo-Aryan language spoken in Kashmir
2
: a native or inhabitant of Kashmir
Examples of Kashmiri in a Sentence
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Pakistan armed, trained, and funded the Kashmiri militants, and transformed the insurgency by sending in Pakistani Islamist militants.
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Sam Dalrymple, Time, 14 July 2025
The armed forces have often used excessive force to flush out Kashmiri militants.
—Showkat Nanda Atul Loke, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Most of the remaining Kashmiri Hindus, primarily from the scholarly Pandit community, fled after a wave of religious attacks in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
The track introduces Kashmiri composers-singers Faheem Abdullah and Arslan Nizami to Bollywood, with music by Tanishk Bagchi and lyrics by Irshad Kamil.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 June 2025
Displaced Kashmiri Muslims take shelter Thursday near the Line of Control outside Srinagar, India.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 9 May 2025
Tourism has been a big feature of the Kashmiri economy and Kashmiri society, and tourists have always been seen as guests.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 9 May 2025
India has blamed Pakistan for supporting the Kashmiri militants responsible – but hasn’t articulated what the actual relationship is between Pakistan and the militant group, The Resistance Front.
—Ayesha Jalal, The Conversation, 8 May 2025
A number of Kashmiri militant groups, mostly backed by Pakistan and designated as Foreign Terror Organizations by the U.S, continued with attacks into the 2000s.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 8 May 2025
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Sam Dalrymple, Time, 14 July 2025
The armed forces have often used excessive force to flush out Kashmiri militants.
—Showkat Nanda Atul Loke, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Most of the remaining Kashmiri Hindus, primarily from the scholarly Pandit community, fled after a wave of religious attacks in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
The track introduces Kashmiri composers-singers Faheem Abdullah and Arslan Nizami to Bollywood, with music by Tanishk Bagchi and lyrics by Irshad Kamil.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 June 2025
Displaced Kashmiri Muslims take shelter Thursday near the Line of Control outside Srinagar, India.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 9 May 2025
Tourism has been a big feature of the Kashmiri economy and Kashmiri society, and tourists have always been seen as guests.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 9 May 2025
India has blamed Pakistan for supporting the Kashmiri militants responsible – but hasn’t articulated what the actual relationship is between Pakistan and the militant group, The Resistance Front.
—Ayesha Jalal, The Conversation, 8 May 2025
A number of Kashmiri militant groups, mostly backed by Pakistan and designated as Foreign Terror Organizations by the U.S, continued with attacks into the 2000s.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 8 May 2025
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“Kashmiri.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Kashmiri. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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