chunni

English

Alternative forms

• chunari, chunri

Noun

chunni (plural chunnis)

1. A long scarf worn by South Asian women.
   • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 1:

     Her head was covered with a green and yellow bandhani chunni which was tucked into the cleavage of her blouse.

   • 2007 September 4, Tanzina Vega, “An Unorthodox Cabby on a Path Less Traveled”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     She no longer wears the scarf, called a chunni, while she works.

Synonyms

• dupatta

Anagrams

• Hunnic, nunchi