dhoti
dhoti noun: a long loincloth worn by men in India.
Noun
dhoti (countable and uncountable, plural dhotis)
- A long loincloth worn by men in India.
- The cotton fabric used for such loincloths.
dhoti meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
dhoti in Hindi
- dhoti
- धोती dhotī
dhoti in Tamil
- வேட்டி
dhoti in Marathi
- dhoti
- धोतर dhotar
dhoti in Bengali
- dhoti
- ধুতি dhuti
More languagesFewer languages
- dhoti in Telugu
- పంచ pañca
- dhoti in Punjabi
- ਧੋਤੀ dhotī, ਚਾਦਰਾ cādrā
- dhoti in Gujarati
- ધોતી dhotī
- dhoti in Assamese
- চুৰিয়া suria, ধুতি dhuti
- dhoti in Nepali
- धोती dhotī
Forms of dhoti
| plural | dhotis |
|---|---|
| alternative form | dhooti |
| alternative form | dhootie |
| alternative form | dhooty |
| alternative form | dhoty |
| alternative form | dhuti |
| alternative form | dotee |
| alternative form | doti |
| alternative form | dottie |
| alternative form | duttee |
| alternative form | dutty |
Origin of dhoti
Borrowed from Hindi धोती (dhotī).
Words formed from dhoti
Words that rhyme with dhoti
Questions about dhoti
- What does dhoti mean?
- Dhoti means a long loincloth worn by men in India.
- What is dhoti in Hindi?
- Dhoti in Hindi is धोती (dhotī). See Dhoti meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is dhoti?
- Dhoti is a noun.
- What is the plural of dhoti?
- The plural of dhoti is dhotis.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: dhoti (page history and authors); dhoti (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ধুতি (Bengali) (page history and authors); పంచ (Telugu) (page history and authors); धोती (Nepali) (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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