sari

Or sa·ree

[sahr-ee]

noun

plural

saris 

1. a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.

sari

/ ˈsɑːrɪ /

noun

1. the traditional dress of women of India, Pakistan, etc, consisting of a very long narrow piece of cloth elaborately swathed around the body

Word History and Origins

Origin of sari¹

1570–80; < Hindi sāṛī < Sanskrit śāṭī

Word History and Origins

Origin of sari¹

C18: from Hindi sārī, from Sanskrit śātī

Example Sentences

It’s about a beautiful sari or a salwar kameez, some light outfit for a puja, because you have to sit for a long time.

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When they got closer - the entrance to the cave had been curtained off with brightly coloured saris - they saw a "little blonde girl" running out.

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Harjit Kaur, who lives in Hercules city in the San Francisco Bay Area, was working as a seamstress at a sari store for the past two decades and pays her taxes.

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One was a video that showed her in a red sari, dancing seductively to Dame Un Grr – a Romanian song.

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When they got closer to the cave - the entrance to which had been curtained off with brightly coloured saris - "a little blonde girl came running out".

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