sari

or sa·ree

[ sahr-ee ]

/ ˈsɑr i /

noun, plural sa·ris.

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.

Nearby words

Origin of sari

1570–80; < Hindi sāṛī < Sanskrit śāṭī

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Examples from the Web for sari

“I paid $10,000 for a Balenciaga [sari dress],” Sorokko says.
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Think a sari in silk crepe paired with a logoed jacquard mesh-knit shirt.
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Are we talking Haj Amin al-Husseini, Aziz Shehadeh, Hanan Ashrawi, Sari Nusseibeh…?
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But this was where the beauty of a sari and its simplicity, its open canvas almost, helped.
My Mother's Last Sari|Madhulika Sikka|May 7, 2010|DAILY BEAST

As my sister remarked afterward, “Putting a sari on a dead body is really quite an onerous task.”
My Mother's Last Sari|Madhulika Sikka|May 7, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Her body was well proportioned, her sari fell in gracious flowing lines, and she moved with dignity.
Jan and Her Job|L. Allen Harker
Most of the Moslem ladies wore trousers and were enveloped in a sari.
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An old blue rag, the remnants of a sari, lay on the floor near her.
In Kali's Country|Emily Churchill Thompson Sheets
The girl kept in the cart with her sari drawn up over her face, for such was her custom in the big city.
In Kali's Country|Emily Churchill Thompson Sheets
The chandi Sari is supposed to have been a vihara or Buddhist monastery.
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British Dictionary definitions for sari

sari

saree

/ (ˈsɑːrɪ) /

noun plural -ris or -rees

the traditional dress of women of India, Pakistan, etc, consisting of a very long narrow piece of cloth elaborately swathed around the body

Word Origin for sari

C18: from Hindi sārī, from Sanskrit śātī

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Word Origin and History for sari

sari

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."