lungi
lungi noun: a garment worn around the waist, especially by men, in Southern India, Bangladesh, Burma, and Pakistan.
Noun
lungi (plural lungis)
- A garment worn around the waist, especially by men, in Southern India, Bangladesh, Burma, and Pakistan.
- Samad […] regularly wore a long piece of embroidered grey cotton, a lungi, wrapped round his waist.2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, London: Penguin Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 152
- Synonyms:
- sarong
lungi meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
lungi in Hindi
- garment
- लुंगी luṅgī
lungi in Tamil
- garment
- லுங்கி luṅki, சரம் caram
lungi in Urdu
- garment
- لنگی luṅgī
lungi in Bengali
- garment
- লুঙ্গি luṅgi
More languagesFewer languages
- lungi in Telugu
- లుంగీ luṅgī
- lungi in Malayalam
- കൈലി kaili, ലുങ്കി luṅki
- lungi in Punjabi
- ਲੁੰਗੀ luṅgī
- lungi in Gujarati
- લુંગી luṅgī
- lungi in Odia
- ଲୁଙ୍ଗି luṅgi
- lungi in Assamese
- লুঙী luṅi
- lungi in Vietnamese
- khăn quấn
- lungi in Myanmar
- လုံချည် lumhkyany
Synonyms of lungi
Forms of lungi
| plural | lungis |
|---|---|
| alternative form | longi |
| alternative form | longyi |
| alternative form | lungie |
| alternative form | lungy |
| alternative form | lungyi |
| alternative form (archaic) | loonghee |
| alternative form (archaic) | loonghi |
Origin of lungi
From Hindi लुंगी (luṅgī)/Urdu لنگی (lungī).
Questions about lungi
- What does lungi mean?
- Lungi means a garment worn around the waist, especially by men, in Southern India, Bangladesh, Burma, and Pakistan.
- What is lungi in Hindi?
- Lungi in Hindi is लुंगी (luṅgī). See Lungi meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is lungi?
- Lungi is a noun.
- What is the plural of lungi?
- The plural of lungi is lungis.
Words near lungi in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lungi (page history and authors); లుంగీ (Telugu) (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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