odhni

plural odhnis · alternative odhani

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   A gauzy odhni bright as moonlight covered her head, coming down to her slender waist.

   2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 151

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   The rest of the ‘oḍhṇi’ is taken from over the left side and is rested over the head behind, the loose end being allowed to dangle ovor the right shoulder at the back and the right side.

   1951, Govind Sadashiv Ghurye, Indian Costume, page 142

   Bura's eyes fell on a small rectangular packet. Her waving odhni, hanging on the clothesline, was brushing the packet lying beneath.

   2008, Romi Jain, The Storm Within, page 89