ساڑی

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀸𑀟𑀻 (sāḍī), from Sanskrit शाटी (śāṭī), from शाट (śāṭa, “strip of cloth”). Doublet of شَال‎ (śāl) through Persian. Compare Punjabi ਸਾੜ੍ਹੀ (sāṛhī) / ساڑھی‎ (sāṛhī), Sindhi ساڙهيِ‎ / साढ़ी, Gujarati સાડી (sāḍī), Marathi साडी (sāḍī), Bengali শাড়ি (śaṛi), Assamese শাৰী (xari), Sylheti ꠢꠣꠠꠤ (haṛi), Malayalam സാരി (sāri).

Pronunciation

Noun

سَاڑِی • (sāṛī) f (Hindi spelling साड़ी)

  1. sari (traditional dress of women in the Indian Subcontinent)

Declension

Declension of ساڑی
singular plural
direct سَاڑِی‎ (sāṛī) سَاڑِیاں‎ (sāṛiyā̃)
oblique سَاڑِی‎ (sāṛī) سَاڑِیوں‎ (sāṛiyō̃)
vocative سَاڑِی‎ (sāṛī) سَاڑِیو‎ (sāṛiyō)

References

  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “ساڑهی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “śāṭa1”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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