What does "lungi" mean?

A garment worn around the waist, especially by men, in Southern India, Bangladesh, Burma, and Pakistan.

What is a synonym for "lungi"?

Common synonyms include: long cloth wrap, longyi, lungyi, sarong, wraparound garment.

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Noun

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
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

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

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