Cashmere — Lexography

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Kashmir · Kashmir place-name tradition
noun · Kashmir place-name tradition
Reading: KASH-meer
the Himalayan region. The source identifies old spellings of Kashmir as the naming basis for Cashmere wool; this is a place-name source, not a claim about a single reconstructed donor language.
No secure word-specific date — Historical and lexical sources were checked, but the inspected evidence does not supply a secure dated witness for this displayed source-stage form. The map and reading are retained without manufacturing chronology.
Kashmir / South Asia — A supported language, speech, community or historical-reference region; not a precise lexical birthplace or borrowing point.
cashmere: The source supports a place-name-to-material development; Kashmir is retained as a place-name source rather than assigned a fabricated language stage. Entry — etymology paragraph
cashmere: The source-language form and conventional reading are retained at the inspected dictionary scope. headword and pronunciation section
cashmere: Kashmir / South Asia is retained as a supported language, speech, community or historical-reference region, not as a precise word birthplace. headword and language/reference scope
cashmere: The retained route, sense boundaries and unresolved alternatives follow the existing inspected source account and the Batch 02 editorial risk note. Entry — etymology paragraph
cashmere · English
noun · English
Reading: KASH-meer
fine soft wool or fabric. English cashmere names the wool and the fabric associated with Kashmir.
1839 · fabric use — The source dates the shortened fabric noun to 1839; the earlier shawl phrase is kept separate.
Kashmir / South Asia — A supported language, speech, community or historical-reference region; not a precise lexical birthplace or borrowing point.
cashmere: The source supports a place-name-to-material development; Kashmir is retained as a place-name source rather than assigned a fabricated language stage. Entry — etymology paragraph
cashmere: The English headword's conventional reading and selected sense are supported by the inspected dictionary entry. headword, pronunciation and word-history sections
cashmere: Kashmir / South Asia is retained as a supported language, speech, community or historical-reference region, not as a precise word birthplace. headword and language/reference scope
cashmere: The retained route, sense boundaries and unresolved alternatives follow the existing inspected source account and the Batch 02 editorial risk note. Entry — etymology paragraph

Relationships

Kashmir → cashmere: derivation, documented. The English material name is shortened from Cashmere wool, itself named for Kashmir. Entry — etymology paragraph

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01cashmere: The source supports a place-name-to-material development; Kashmir is retained as a place-name source rather than assigned a fabricated language stage.
Source
cashmere — Online Etymology DictionaryOnline Etymology DictionaryEntry — etymology paragraph
Source passage
Source summary · not a quotation
The entry dates cashmere as a fine soft woollen fabric to 1839, shortened from Cashmere wool, from old spellings of Kashmir, the Himalayan region associated with long-haired goats; the shawl sense is earlier.
Entry — etymology paragraph
Qualification Qualified
The source supports a place-name-to-material development; Kashmir is retained as a place-name source rather than assigned a fabricated language stage.
What Lexography infers
Use the inspected passage only for the stated cashmere route, sense and scope; preserve all alternatives and unknowns described above.
Checked 2026-09-19. Original factual paraphrase from an inspected source passage; no full article redistributed.
02cashmere: The source-language form and conventional reading are retained at the inspected dictionary scope.
Source
Kashmir — WiktionaryWiktionary contributorsheadword and pronunciation section
Source passage
Source summary · not a quotation
The inspected dictionary entry presents Kashmir as the source-language or source-tradition form and supplies the conventional reading KASH-meer; the entry is used for lexical form and reading, not as proof of a precise birthplace or first attestation.
headword and pronunciation section
Qualification Source-supported
The form and reading are supported at dictionary scope; the map is a language or community reference rather than a birthplace claim.
What Lexography infers
Lexography uses the inspected source for the displayed form and reading while preserving the limit on origin precision.
Checked 2026-09-20 · revision dictionary entry inspected for form, reading and language/reference scope. new
03cashmere: The English headword's conventional reading and selected sense are supported by the inspected dictionary entry.
Source
cashmere — Merriam-Webster DictionaryMerriam-Websterheadword, pronunciation and word-history sections
Source passage
Source summary · not a quotation
The inspected English dictionary entry supplies the conventional reading KASH-meer and the contemporary cashmere sense. Where a first-use date is stated in the existing journey, it remains a lexical record rather than object, practice, biography or institution history.
headword, pronunciation and word-history sections
Qualification Source-supported
The dictionary supports the English reading and sense; lexical dating remains tied to the journey's date evidence.
What Lexography infers
Lexography keeps English reading and lexical chronology separate from the history of the referenced object, practice, institution or person.
Checked 2026-09-20 · revision dictionary entry inspected for English reading and sense. new
04cashmere: Kashmir / South Asia is retained as a supported language, speech, community or historical-reference region, not as a precise word birthplace.
Source
Kashmir — WiktionaryWiktionary contributorsheadword and language/reference scope
Source passage
Source summary · not a quotation
The inspected dictionary entry presents Kashmir as the source-language or source-tradition form and supplies the conventional reading KASH-meer; the entry is used for lexical form and reading, not as proof of a precise birthplace or first attestation.
headword and pronunciation section
Qualification Qualified
The coordinate is an informative reference region at the strongest defensible level available for this bounded journey.
What Lexography infers
Lexography maps a qualified language or community reference and does not convert it into a precise origin claim.
Checked 2026-09-20 · revision dictionary entry inspected for form, reading and language/reference scope. new
05cashmere: The retained route, sense boundaries and unresolved alternatives follow the existing inspected source account and the Batch 02 editorial risk note.
Source
cashmere — Online Etymology DictionaryOnline Etymology DictionaryEntry — etymology paragraph
Source passage
Source summary · not a quotation
The entry dates cashmere as a fine soft woollen fabric to 1839, shortened from Cashmere wool, from old spellings of Kashmir, the Himalayan region associated with long-haired goats; the shawl sense is earlier.
Entry — etymology paragraph
Qualification Qualified
Existing route evidence is preserved; cultural, object, institutional and biography history is not silently promoted to lexical ancestry.
What Lexography infers
Lexography enriches the existing journey without adding an unsupported donor, route, date or semantic change.
Checked 2026-09-19. Original factual paraphrase from an inspected source passage; no full article redistributed.