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sewali en · NOUN

Etymology

Borrowed from Assamese শেৱালি (xewali).

Meanings

  1. (India) Night jasmine (Nyctanthes arbor-tristis).
    • The fragrance of the white carpet of flowers under the flowering sewali shrub spoke of its origin and reminded her of the old woman Kali. 2011, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Deepika Phukan, The Story of Felanee:
    • His attention was drawn by the sewali flowers blooming with small, soft, white petals, fluttering in the mild air. 2000, Kamaleswar Sarma, Raghunath Choudhury, page 5:
    • Near the goxai ghar there was a sewali in full bloom. A few flowers fell from the tree. 2002, Snigdhamalati Neog, transl., A handful of sand, page 108: