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Meaning of lungi | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Français lungi

हिन्दी लुंगी

Tiếng Việt khán quan

Examples

“Samad […] regularly wore a long piece of embroidered grey cotton, a lungi, wrapped round his waist.”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

lungie Lunging lungis Lungki Lunglei lungless salamander