lungi
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lungi
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From Hindi लुंगी (luṅgī)/Urdu لنگی (lungī).
noun lungis · longi · longyi · lungie · lungy · lungyi
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A garment worn around the waist, especially by men, in Southern India, Bangladesh, Burma, and Pakistan.
Samad […] regularly wore a long piece of embroidered grey cotton, a lungi, wrapped round his waist.
Similar: sarong
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Talk about this word "lungi." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/lungi. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. lungi. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/lungi "lungi." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/lungi.Cite this
@misc{lungi_2026,
title = {lungi},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lungi},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
