Plural of sari
regular plural
The plural of sari is saris.
Forms of sari
| Singular | sari /ˈsɑː.ɹi/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | saris |
| Countable | countable |
Saris in a sentence
- She wears only white khaddar saris and white khaddar blouses beneath which is her coarse bandage-tight bodice.1988, Bapsi Sidhwa, Ice-Candy Man, Daunt Books (2016), page 6. From the entry khaddar
- At recent parades of nations women on the Indian team have worn saris, and on the Nigerian one geles.2024 July 25, Jason Farago, “Why the Olympics’ Parade of Nations Is the World’s Costume Party”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry gele
- Shantamma, a Dalit smallholder, once said to me, “People like us, people like you, everyone wears poonams (polyester saris) these days”2014, Leela Fernandes, Routledge Handbook of Gender in South Asia, →ISBN. From the entry poonam
- They too revert to simpler, non-western clothes—saris, dhotis, and pyjamas.2010, Lucy Norris, Recycling Indian Clothing: Global Contexts of Reuse and Value, Indiana University Press, page 34. From the entry pyjamas
- Female dress, for example, immediately establishes race: sarongs for Malays, cheongsams and samfus for Chinese, and saris for Indians.1973, Alvin Rabushka, Race and Politics in Urban Malaya, page 26. From the entry samfu
Meaning of sari
- noun The traditional dress of women in the Indian Subcontinent; an outer garment consisting of a single length of cotton or silk, most often with one end wrapped around the waist to form a skirt, the other draped over the shoulder or head.
Questions about the plural of sari
- What is the plural of sari?
- The plural of sari is saris.
- Is sari countable?
- Sari is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sari (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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