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scarfie

scarfie noun: a university student, especially one from the University of Otago.

Noun

scarfie (plural scarfies)

  1. (New Zealand, slang) A university student, especially one from the University of Otago.

scarfie meaning in Bengali

scarfie in Bengali

একজন বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ছাত্র

Forms of scarfie

pluralscarfies

Origin of scarfie

From scarf + -ie, from the signature blue-and-yellow scarf such a person wears to show their support for their home rugby team (especially the Otago Rugby Football Union).

Questions about scarfie

What does scarfie mean?
Scarfie means a university student, especially one from the University of Otago.
What is scarfie in Bengali?
Scarfie in Bengali is একজন বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ছাত্র. See Scarfie meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is scarfie?
Scarfie is a noun.
What is the plural of scarfie?
The plural of scarfie is scarfies.

Words near scarfie in the dictionary

  1. scarfed up
  2. scarfer
  3. scarfers
  4. Scarff
  5. Scarffs
  6. scarfie
  7. scarfies
  8. scarfing
  9. scarfing down
  10. scarfing up
  11. scarfings

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: scarfie (page history and authors); scarfie (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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