sewali
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Assamese শেৱালি (xewali).
Noun
sewali
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- 2000, Kamaleswar Sarma, Raghunath Choudhury, p. 5:
- His attention was drawn by the sewali flowers blooming with small, soft, white petals, fluttering in the mild air.
- 2002, Snigdhamalati Neog (transl.), A handful of sand, p. 108:
- Near the goxai ghar there was a sewali in full bloom. A few flowers fell from the tree.
- 2011, Deepika Phukan, translating Arupa Patangia Kalita, The Story of Felanee:
- The fragrance of the white carpet of flowers under the flowering sewali shrub spoke of its origin and reminded her of the old woman Kali.
- 2000, Kamaleswar Sarma, Raghunath Choudhury, p. 5: