sari

American  

[sahr-ee] / ˈsɑr i /

Or saree

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.

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sari British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of sari

1570–80; < Hindi sāṛī < Sanskrit śāṭī

Example Sentences

"Dhaka, not Delhi" is splashed on walls - and stitched onto saris, a traditional dress for women in South Asia.

From BBC

This time when the app opened, a small Indian woman in a bright orange sari greeted him and reminded him that he made his own happiness with his choices.

From Literature

She spilled Coke on her sari and figured her clumsiness would doom the engagement.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Bacevicius sisters, dressed in silk saris draped and pinned by maids at their hotel, got backstage access at the New Delhi wedding they attended.

From The Wall Street Journal

In another, Munshi stands defiantly before the entrance of a boycotted British department store, uncowed by a group of British police officers towering over her - and stylishly dressed in a sleeveless sari blouse.

From BBC