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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   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."

2. 2
   a long piece of brightly colored cloth (cotton or silk) used as clothing (a skirt or loincloth or sash etc.) in India and Pakistan and Burma wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

longyilungyisarongsarong

Example

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"Samad […] regularly wore a long piece of embroidered grey cotton, a lungi, wrapped round his waist."

Etymology

From Hindi लुंगी (luṅgī)/Urdu لنگی (lungī).

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