साड़ी
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Hindi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀸𑀟𑀻 (sāḍī), from Sanskrit शाटी (śāṭī), from शाट (śāṭa, “strip of cloth”). Doublet of शाल (śāl) through Persian. Compare Punjabi ਸਾੜ੍ਹੀ (sāṛhī) / ساڑھی (sāṛhī), Sindhi ساڙهيِ / साढ़ी, Gujarati સાડી (sāḍī), Marathi साडी (sāḍī), Bengali শাড়ি (śaṛi), Assamese শাৰী (xari), Sylheti ꠢꠣꠠꠤ (haṛi), Malayalam സാരി (sāri).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
साड़ी • (sāṛī) f (Urdu spelling سَاڑِی)
- sari (traditional dress of women in the Indian Subcontinent)
Declension[edit]
Declension of साड़ी (fem ī-stem)
References[edit]
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śāṭa1”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “sāṛī”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press