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sari

/ˈsɑː.ɹi/
nounB1+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #11,082 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: saris

A sari is a long cloth wrapped and draped, worn in India. Wear a sari, a silk sari, drape the sari.

It is a single uncut length, usually five or six metres, held by folding and tucking rather than by fastenings, and the style of draping differs from region to region. Also spelled saree. It is worn over a fitted blouse and a petticoat.

Sir Victor Sassoon (1881–1961) · Public domain

Definitions of sari

  1. 1nounsariA long cloth wrapped and draped, worn in India.B1+

    “For her sister's wedding, she wore a red silk sari with a gold border.”

sari is a garment.

Where it comes from

Hindi sari comes from Sanskrit sati, a strip of cloth. Shawl is a distant relative through Persian.

  1. Hindi

    साड़ी

  2. English, today

    sari

Built from

  • शाट · Sanskrit — strip of cloth

Borrowed from Hindi साड़ी. inc-hnd - (Hindi साड़ी / Urdu سَاڑِی), in turn pra-sau 𑀲𑀸𑀟𑀻, from Sanskrit शाटी, from शाट (“strip of cloth”). a doublet of shawl through Persian.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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sari in the wild

  • Ilkal sari or Ilkal seere is a traditional form of sari which is a common feminine wear in India.

    Ilkal sari

  • Ilkal sari takes its name from the town of Ilkal in the Bagalkot district of Karnataka state, India.

    Ilkal sari

  • Bomkai sari or Bomkai Saree is a handloom saree from Odisha, India.

    Bomkai sari

  • Baluchari Sari is a type of sari, a garment worn by women in the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and Assam and the country of Bangladesh.

    Baluchari sari

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.