Indian Dress Styles

[Bharatvarsh]

Husky here is what I found about the word:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The pants, or salwar, are known as salwar in Punjabi: ਸਲਵਾਰ ਕਮੀਜ਼, salwaar or shalwaar શલવાર કમીઝ in Gujarati, and shalwar in Urdu: شلوار قمیض‎ and Hindi: शल्वर क़मीज़. The word comes from the Persian: شلوار, meaning pants, ultimately from Arabic سروال, note the inversion of the letters ل and ر which has happened in the adaptation process. The shirt, kameez or qamiz, takes its name from the Arabic qamis.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salwar_kameez<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Most of the time foreign origin words in Hindi are instantly recognisable, it's obvious when you hear them being spoken, words like takleef, tasvir, ishq, mohabbat, zeher, wazir etc, even though I can't speak Hindi properly I can still tell the Persian or Arab origin words apart most of the time.

If you want to check the origins of words to confirm their origins then go here:

http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/platts/

For shalwar it gives a Pahlavi origin:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->shalwār

S shalwār [Pehl. śarvār; Zend śāra-vāra; prob. akin to S. शिरस्+उरस्], s.m. Trousers, drawers (reaching to the feet), breeches.

http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologi...ct&display=utf8<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
And an Arabic origin for qamiz.

As for churidar, I don't think it's of Indian origin, from what I found on google it's a variation of salwar kameez.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->In Lucknow, the baggy pajamas are replaced by tight and long leggings that form many folds at the ankles. These are called churidars, suggesting 'bangles'.

http://www.utsavsarees.com/pages/salwarhistory.htm<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The traditional Salwar has taken different shapes and styles like Churidar, Parallel and Patiala.

http://www.indianwomenclothing.com/salwar-...alwar-suit.html<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->