साड़ी
Hindi
editEtymology
editInherited 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
editNoun
editसाड़ी • (sāṛī) f (Urdu spelling سَاڑِی)
- sari (traditional dress of women in the Indian Subcontinent)
Declension
editDeclension 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