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chunari

chunari is the alternative form of chunni.

Meaning of chunni

Noun

chunni (plural chunnis)

  1. Synonym of dupatta – a long scarf worn by South Asian women.
    • Her head was covered with a green and yellow bandhani chunni which was tucked into the cleavage of her blouse.1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 1
    Synonyms:
    dupatta

Forms of chunari

pluralchunaris

Questions about chunari

What is chunari the alternative form of?
Chunari is the alternative form of chunni.

Words near chunari in the dictionary

  1. chunaming
  2. chunammed
  3. chunamming
  4. chunams
  5. chunar
  6. chunari
  7. chunaris
  8. chunars
  9. Chuncheon
  10. Chunchiu
  11. chundari

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chunari (page history and authors); chunni (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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