Etymology

sari

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Today it means: The traditional dress of women in the Indian Subcontinent; an outer garment consisting of a single length of cotton or silk, most often with one end wrapped around the waist to form a skirt, the other draped over the shoulder or head. Full definition →

Urdu سَاڑِی (sāṛī) ← Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀸𑀟𑀻 (sāḍī) ← Hindi साड़ी (sāṛī)
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The story

  1. Sanskritशाट (śāṭa)
  2. Sanskritशाटी (śāṭī)
  3. Sauraseni Prakrit𑀲𑀸𑀟𑀻 (sāḍī)
  4. Hindiसाड़ी (sāṛī)
  5. Sauraseni Prakrit𑀲𑀸𑀟𑀻 (sāḍī)
  6. Urduسَاڑِی (sāṛī)
  7. English todaysari

Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi साड़ी (sāṛī) / Urdu سَاڑِی (sāṛī)), in turn derived from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀸𑀟𑀻 (sāḍī), from Sanskrit शाटी (śāṭī), from शाट (śāṭa, “strip of cloth”). Doublet of shawl through Persian.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.