Dictionary.com
definitions
  • synonyms

lungi

or lun·gee, lun·gyi, long·yi

[loo ng-gee, loo n-jee]
See more synonyms for lungi on Thesaurus.com
noun
  1. a cloth used as a turban, scarf, sarong, etc., in India, Pakistan, and Burma.
  2. a loincloth worn by men in India.
Show More

Origin of lungi

1625–35; < Hindi lungī < Persian
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Examples from the Web for lungi

Historical Examples

  • The ordinary length of a lungi is nine yards; the cashmere, being thicker, are not so long.

    At the Court of the Amr

    John Alfred Gray

  • The lungi is made of cloth of a special kind manufactured mostly in Ludhiana.

British Dictionary definitions for lungi

lungi

lungee

noun
  1. a long piece of cotton cloth worn as a loincloth, sash, or turban by Indian men or as a skirt
Show More

Word Origin

C17: Hindi, from Persian
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012