Sari Definition

särē
sarees, saris
noun
saris
The principal outer garment of a woman of India, Pakistan, etc., consisting of a long piece of cloth worn wrapped around the body with one end forming an ankle-length skirt and the other end draped across the bosom, over one shoulder, and, sometimes, over the head.
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Noun

Singular:
sari
Plural:
saris

Origin of Sari

  • From Hindi साड़ी (sāṛī), via Prakrit from Sanskrit षाटी (ṣāṭī).

    From Wiktionary

  • Hindi sāṛī from Prakrit sāḍī from Sanskrit śāṭī

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Sari Sentence Examples

  • Good opium is also produced about Sari and Balfarush in the province of Mazanderan.

  • Over all she winds a silken sari or sheet round the body; it is then passed between the legs and the end thrown over the right shoulder.

  • The latters palace was at Sari, then a small and partly fortified town, thickly inhabited, and with a plentifully-supplied market.

  • Dissensions among the Cossacks led to the recognition by Turkey of Doroshenko, the hetman of the Sari Kamish, as ruler of the Ukraine; the Zaporog Cossacks, his antagonists, applied for aid to Russia.

  • In towns the sari is not passed between the legs, but hangs in loose folds so as to hide the trousers.

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Words Starting With

SSASAR

Words Ending With

IRIARI

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sari

Words Starting With S and Ending With I

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With S4 Letter Words Ending With I