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shivari

shivari is the alternative form of shivaree.

Meaning of shivaree

Verb

shivaree (third-person singular simple present shivarees, present participle shivareeing, simple past and past participle shivareed)

  1. (transitive) To serenade (a newly married couple) with the noisy banging of pots and pans.

Forms of shivari

Noun
pluralshivaris
Verb
third-person singular presentshivaries
present participleshivariing
past participleshivaried
pastshivaried

Questions about shivari

What is shivari the alternative form of?
Shivari is the alternative form of shivaree.

Words near shivari in the dictionary

  1. Shivansh
  2. shivaree
  3. shivareed
  4. shivareeing
  5. shivarees
  6. shivari
  7. shivaried
  8. shivaries
  9. shivariing
  10. shivaris
  11. shivas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shivari (page history and authors); shivaree (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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