chunni
English
Alternative forms
Noun
chunni (plural chunnis)
- 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.
- 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 1: