sari
or sa·ree
[sahr-ee]
- 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.
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Origin of sari
1570–80; < Hindi sāṛī < Sanskrit śāṭī
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Examples from the Web for sari
Contemporary Examples
“I paid $10,000 for a Balenciaga [sari dress],” Sorokko says.
Think a sari in silk crepe paired with a logoed jacquard mesh-knit shirt.
Are we talking Haj Amin al-Husseini, Aziz Shehadeh, Hanan Ashrawi, Sari Nusseibeh…?
But this was where the beauty of a sari and its simplicity, its open canvas almost, helped.
As my sister remarked afterward, “Putting a sari on a dead body is really quite an onerous task.”
Historical Examples
It makes me uneasy to think the Cabinet are talking about Sari Bair.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2Ian Hamilton
The chandi Sari is supposed to have been a vihara or Buddhist monastery.
Monumental JavaJ. F. Scheltema
She hid the dagger in the folds of her sari gathered over her breast.
Lachmi Bai Rani of JhansiMichael White
Then there are the sari stones and altars and turtle-borne monuments.
Korean BuddhismFrederick Starr
We were told that these were sari stones and that in them a sari or “jewel” was buried.
Korean BuddhismFrederick Starr
sari
saree
- the traditional dress of women of India, Pakistan, etc, consisting of a very long narrow piece of cloth elaborately swathed around the body
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Word Origin
C18: from Hindi sārī, from Sanskrit śātī
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Word Origin and History for sari
n.
also saree, long, wrapping garment of silk or cotton worn by Hindu women, 1785, from Hindi sari, from Prakrit sadi, from Sanskrit sati "garment, petticoat."
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