Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lungi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.93 in modern English

Syllables
lun-gi
IPA
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A garment worn around the waist, especially by men, in Southern India, Bangladesh, Burma, and Pakistan.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Hindi लुंगी (luṅgī)/Urdu لنگی (lungī).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: लुंगी, لنگی

Inflected Forms

lungis (plural) longi (alternative) longyi (alternative) lungie (alternative) lungy (alternative) lungyi (alternative) loonghee (alternative, archaic) loonghi (alternative, archaic)

Synonyms

sarong lungyi longyi

Questions

What does lungi mean?
A garment worn around the waist, especially by men, in Southern India, Bangladesh, Burma, and Pakistan.
Where does lungi come from?
It is traced to Hindi.

How to pronounce lungi

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