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chunri

chunri 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 chunri

pluralchunris

Questions about chunri

What is chunri the alternative form of?
Chunri is the alternative form of chunni.

Words near chunri in the dictionary

  1. chunners
  2. chunni
  3. chunnis
  4. Chunns
  5. Chunqiu
  6. chunri
  7. chunris
  8. Chuns
  9. chunter
  10. chuntered
  11. chuntering

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chunri (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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