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sari, saree|ˈsɑːriː|
Forms: 8 saurry, 9 sar(r)ie, sahree, sarhi, 9– saree, sari.
[Hindī sāṛhī, sāṛī.]
1. a. A long wrapping garment of cloth or silk, usually of a bright colour, worn by Hindu women; also, the material of which this is composed.
In use one end is passed several times round the waist to form a kind of petticoat and the remaining end passing across the bosom and left shoulder is thrown over the head.
[1598W. Phillip Linschoten i. xvi. 28/2 They make whole pieces or webbes of this hearbe [of Bengalen]... These webs are named Sarrijn, and it is much vsed and worne in India. ]1785in Seton-Karr & Sandeman Sel. fr. Calcutta Gaz. (1864) I. 90 Her clothes were then taken off, and a red silk covering (a saurry) put upon her. 1800Misc. Tracts in Asiat. Ann. Reg. 301/1 From Burhampoor they receive turbans, saries, and other stained goods. 1879E. Arnold Lt. Asia vi. (1881) 147 One arm clasping her crimson sari close To wrap the babe. 1895B. M. Croker Village Tales (1896) 128 In spite of their fine silk sarees and gold ornaments. 1907Blackw. Mag. Feb. 241/1 Held in a fold of the sarhi, they sport with their mother's ear-rings. 1908[see choli]. 1930Aberdeen Press & Jrnl. 6 May 6, I was struck today by the international character of London. Indians in gay saris, a group of Japanese,..all passed me. 1960[see choli]. 1969Hindu 3 Aug. 12/4 A petition on behalf of over 4,000 handloom weavers of Salem and other parts of Tamil Nadu was presented to the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday urging the immediate implementation of the order reserving manufacture of coloured sarees for the handloom sector. 1969Femina (Bombay) 26 Dec. 8/4 The piece-de-resistance of the show, a smart zip-up sari, found great favour with the foreigners in the audience. 1971[see Manipuri a. and n.]. 1971R. Russell tr. A. Ahmad's Shore & Wave i. 14 Love for the dark-skinned maidservants in their grubby sarees. 1976Leicester Trader 24 Nov. 22/1 (Advt.), Also we clean..dresses, bedspreads, sarees, etc.
‖b. ‘An embroidered long scarf of gauze or silk.’ [Perhaps a misunderstanding of prec. sense.]
1858in Simmonds Dict. Trade. 1882in Caulfeild & Saward Dict. Needlework. And in recent Dicts.
2. attrib. and Comb.
1936J. Flanner in New Yorker 22 Aug. 65/1 The Hindu hockey team, and its handsome, sari-clad womenfolk. 1955R. P. Jhabvala To whom she Will xiv. 96 Radha..would walk into a sari-shop, because she was so fond of looking at nice silks. 1968Guardian 19 Sept. 7/3 Embroidered sari silks for evening dresses. 1978‘M. M. Kaye’ Far Pavilions xxvi. 392 There was little chance of seeing her..save as a sari-shrouded figure on the occasion of her marriage.
Hence ˈsareed a., wearing a saree.
1958E. A. Robertson Justice of Heart xv. 212 The sari'd head wagged slower. 1975O. Sela Bengali Inheritance vii. 53 Oval-eyed, smiling sareed girl with skin like brown silk. |