lungi en · NOUN
Etymology
From Hindi लुंगी (luṅgī)/Urdu لنگی (lungī).
Meanings
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A garment worn around the waist, especially by men, in Southern India, Bangladesh, Burma, and Pakistan.
Samad […] regularly wore a long piece of embroidered grey cotton, a lungi, wrapped round his waist.
2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, London: Penguin Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 152:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| longi | alternative | lexicographic | |
| lungyi | alternative | lexicographic | |
| lungie | alternative | lexicographic | |
| lungis | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| longyi | alternative | lexicographic | |
| lungy | alternative | lexicographic | |
| loonghi | alternative, archaic | lexicographic | |
| loonghee | alternative, archaic | lexicographic |
Synonyms
sarong (garment)
Translations (15)
ml കൈലി (garment) · fr lungi (garment) · my လုံချည် (garment) · ml ലുങ്കി (garment) · ta லுங்கி (garment) · gu લુંગી (garment) · hi लुंगी (garment) · syl ꠟꠋꠉꠤ (garment) · ta சரம் (garment) · or ଲୁଙ୍ଗି (garment) · pa ਲੁੰਗੀ (garment) · vi khăn quấn (garment) · ur لنگی (garment) · as লুঙী (garment) · bn লুঙ্গি (garment)