dhoti

[ doh-tee ]

/ ˈdoʊ ti /

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noun, plural dho·tis.

a long loincloth worn by many Hindu men in India.

the cotton fabric, sometimes patterned, of which the loincloth is made.

Also dhoo·ti, dhoo·tie, dhu·ti

[doo-tee]. /ˈdu ti/.

Origin of dhoti

Borrowed into English from Hindi around 1615–25

Words nearby dhoti

dhobi itch, Dhodhekánisos, dhole, dholl, dhooly, dhoti, dhow, DHS, DHSS, DHT, Dhu ʾl-hijjah

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Example sentences from the Web for dhoti

He felt the blood trickling down his face; from time to time he wiped it away with the loose end of his dhoti.
In Clive's Command|Herbert Strang
Dermot saw that the corpse was that of a low-caste Hindu, clad only in a dirty cotton koorta and dhoti.
The Elephant God|Gordon Casserly
The priest arose, bathed, opened the shrine, and found the kshir under the lappet of the god's dhoti.
Chaitanya's Life And Teachings|Krishna das Kaviraja
I have been trying to buy a few things—a sarong, which is a putso which is a dhoti; a pipe; and a "damned Malayan kris."
From Sea to Sea|Rudyard Kipling

He was not one of our men, but a common ryot, clad simply in a dhoti or waist-cloth, and a rather dirty turban.
Mr. Isaacs|F. Marion Crawford

British Dictionary definitions for dhoti

dhoti

dhooti, dhootie or dhuti (ˈduːtɪ)

/ (ˈdəʊtɪ) /

noun plural -tis

a long loincloth worn by men in India

Word Origin for dhoti

C17: from Hindi

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	dhoti
释义	dhoti [ doh-tee ] / ˈdoʊ ti / SEE SYNONYMS FOR dhoti ON THESAURUS.COM noun, plural dho·tis. a long loincloth worn by many Hindu men in India. the cotton fabric, sometimes patterned, of which the loincloth is made. Also dhoo·ti, dhoo·tie, dhu·ti [doo-tee]. /ˈdu ti/. Origin of dhoti Borrowed into English from Hindi around 1615–25 Words nearby dhoti dhobi itch, Dhodhekánisos, dhole, dholl, dhooly, dhoti, dhow, DHS, DHSS, DHT, Dhu ʾl-hijjah Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for dhoti He felt the blood trickling down his face; from time to time he wiped it away with the loose end of his dhoti. In Clive's Command\|Herbert Strang Dermot saw that the corpse was that of a low-caste Hindu, clad only in a dirty cotton koorta and dhoti. The Elephant God\|Gordon Casserly The priest arose, bathed, opened the shrine, and found the kshir under the lappet of the god's dhoti. Chaitanya's Life And Teachings\|Krishna das Kaviraja I have been trying to buy a few things—a sarong, which is a putso which is a dhoti; a pipe; and a "damned Malayan kris." From Sea to Sea\|Rudyard Kipling He was not one of our men, but a common ryot, clad simply in a dhoti or waist-cloth, and a rather dirty turban. Mr. Isaacs\|F. Marion Crawford British Dictionary definitions for dhoti dhoti dhooti, dhootie or dhuti (ˈduːtɪ) / (ˈdəʊtɪ) / noun plural -tis a long loincloth worn by men in India Word Origin for dhoti C17: from Hindi Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to dhoti lavalava, pareu
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dhoti

noun, plural dho·tis.

Origin of dhoti

Words nearby dhoti

Example sentences from the Web for dhoti

British Dictionary definitions for dhoti

dhooti, dhootie or dhuti (ˈduːtɪ)

noun plural -tis

Word Origin for dhoti

Words related to dhoti