dhoti

[doh-tee]

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noun, plural dho·tis.

a long loincloth worn by many Hindu men in India.

the cotton fabric, sometimes patterned, of which the loincloth is made.

Also dhoo·ti, dhoo·tie, dhu·ti

[doo-tee] /ˈdu ti/.

Origin of dhoti

Borrowed into English from Hindi around 1615–25

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Related Words for dhoti

lavalava, pareu

Examples from the Web for dhoti

Historical Examples of dhoti

Dhoti—a sheet of cloth worn round the lower limbs by Hindu males.
Chaitanya's Life And Teachings
Krishna das Kaviraja
The priest arose, bathed, opened the shrine, and found the kshir under the lappet of the god's dhoti.
Chaitanya's Life And Teachings
Krishna das Kaviraja
I have been trying to buy a few things—a sarong, which is a putso which is a dhoti; a pipe; and a "damned Malayan kris."
From Sea to Sea
Rudyard Kipling
Then he tore the strong border off his dhoti (loin cloth) and commenced to bind the handles of the doors together.
Bengal Dacoits and Tigers
Maharanee Sunity Devee
He was not one of our men, but a common ryot, clad simply in a dhoti or waist-cloth, and a rather dirty turban.
Mr. Isaacs
F. Marion Crawford

British Dictionary definitions for dhoti

dhoti

dhooti, dhootie or dhuti (ˈduːtɪ)

noun plural -tis

a long loincloth worn by men in India

Word Origin for dhoti

C17: from Hindi

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Word Origin and History for dhoti

1620s, from Hindi dhoti.