dhoti

[ doh-tee ]

/ ˈdoʊ ti /

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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.

Words nearby dhoti

dhobi itch, dhodhekánisos, dhole, dholl, dhooly, dhoti, dhow, dhs, dhss, dhu ʾl-hijjah, dhu ʾl-qaʿda

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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Examples from the Web for dhoti

He felt the blood trickling down his face; from time to time he wiped it away with the loose end of his dhoti.
In Clive's Command|Herbert Strang
Dermot saw that the corpse was that of a low-caste Hindu, clad only in a dirty cotton koorta and dhoti.
The Elephant God|Gordon Casserly
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

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)

/ (ˈdəʊtɪ) /

noun plural -tis

a long loincloth worn by men in India

Word Origin for dhoti

C17: from Hindi

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dhoti

noun, plural dho·tis.

Words related to dhoti

Words nearby dhoti

Origin of dhoti

Examples from the Web for dhoti

British Dictionary definitions for dhoti

dhooti, dhootie or dhuti (ˈduːtɪ)

noun plural -tis

Word Origin for dhoti