Meanings
plural lungis · alternative longi · alternative longyi · alternative lungie · alternative lungy · alternative lungyi · alternative archaic loonghee · alternative archaic loonghi
- A garment worn around the waist, especially by men, in Southern India, Bangladesh, Burma, and Pakistan.
Samad […] regularly wore a long piece of embroidered grey cotton, a lungi, wrapped round his waist.
2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, London: Penguin Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 152Synonyms: sarong
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA garment worn around the waist, especially by men, in Southern India, Bangladesh, Burma, and Pakistan.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna long piece of brightly colored cloth (cotton or silk) used as clothing (a skirt or loincloth or sash etc.) in India and Pakistan and Burma
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Urduلنگی
- Hindiलुंगी
- Englishlungi
From Hindi लुंगी (luṅgī)/Urdu لنگی (lungī).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bengali লুঙ্গি
- লুঙ্গি (luṅgi)garment
French lungi
- lungigarment
Hindi लुंगी
- लुंगी (luṅgī)garment
Punjabi ਲੁੰਗੀ
- ਲੁੰਗੀ (luṅgī)garment
Tamil லுங்கி, சரம்
- லுங்கி (luṅki)garment
- சரம் (caram)garment
Urdu لنگی
- لنگی (luṅgī)garment
Vietnamese khăn quấn
- khăn quấngarment
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Cite this entry
lungi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lungi
“lungi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lungi. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lungi,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lungi.
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