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lungyi

lungyi is the alternative form of lungi.

Meaning of lungi

Noun

lungi (plural lungis)

  1. 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

Forms of lungyi

plurallungyis

Questions about lungyi

What is lungyi the alternative form of?
Lungyi is the alternative form of lungi.

Words near lungyi in the dictionary

  1. lungworms
  2. lungwort
  3. lungwort oysterleaf
  4. lungworts
  5. lungy
  6. lungyi
  7. lungyis
  8. luni-
  9. lunicurrent
  10. lunier
  11. lunies

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