langoti

English

Alternative forms

• langot, langooty, langoty, langutty, lungooti, lungooty

Etymology

Hindi लंगोटी (laṅgoṭī)

Noun

langoti (plural langotis)

1. (India) A loincloth.
   • 2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 158:

     He wraps a dry, red-coloured gamchha around his body and pulls off his soaking langot.

Synonyms

• kaupinam