Where does “sari” come from?
Sari comes from Hindi साड़ी, from Sanskrit षाटी, from Sanskrit शाटी, from Sanskrit शाट.
sari (English): The traditional dress of women in the Indian...
Definitions
- The traditional dress of women in the Indian...
Ancestry of “sari”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hindi | साड़ी | sari |
| 2 | Sauraseni Prakrit | 𑀲𑀸𑀟𑀻 | — |
| 3 | Sanskrit | शाटी | strip of cloth; sari |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱel- | to cover; to incline |
Words derived from “sari”