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choli

choli noun: a short-sleeved blouse worn under a sari; an Indian underbodice.

choli: a short-sleeved blouse worn under a sari; an Indian underbodice
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Noun

choli (plural cholis)

  1. A short-sleeved blouse worn under a sari; an Indian underbodice.

choli meaning in Hindi and Gujarati

choli in Hindi

choli
चोली colī

choli in Gujarati

choli
ચોળી pũliṅg

Forms of choli

pluralcholis

Origin of choli

from Hindi चोली (colī, “bodice, blouse”)

Questions about choli

What does choli mean?
Choli means a short-sleeved blouse worn under a sari; an Indian underbodice.
What is choli in Hindi?
Choli in Hindi is चोली (colī). See Choli meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is choli?
Choli is a noun.
What is the plural of choli?
The plural of choli is cholis.

Words near choli in the dictionary

  1. cholestyramines
  2. Cholet
  3. cholethiasis
  4. Cholewa
  5. Cholewas
  6. choli
  7. Cholia
  8. Choliah
  9. Choliahs
  10. choliamb
  11. choliambic

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: choli (page history and authors); चोली (Hindi) (page history and authors); ચોળી (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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