Meanings
nounodhani (plural odhanis)
plural odhanis
- A type of small sari worn over other clothing.
The girl's odhani was tied to the siropa cloth in his hand.
1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 441 more example
During the initial days, Manju would appear before her father-inlaw in an odhani almost a foot long.
2003, Amlan Dash, translating Pratibha Roy, in Chandrasekhar, Twenty Stories from South Asia, p. 163
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