chunni
/ˈtʃʊni
/noun (plural chunnis)
Another term for dupatta.‘Instead of draping the chunni gracefully, I kept clutching on it and stood stiff,’ she says laughing....
- She has been holding on to my chunni just as I have instructed her and as we settle down, I crane my neck to see if I can spot the Pakistani woman across the divide.
- She was leaning against the door, her head and face half-covered with her chunni, only exposing her big brown eyes.
Origin
From Punjabi.
- of one's choice
- of one's own
- of one's own accord
- of one's (own) making
- of (or by or on) one's own volition
- of (or for) a surety
- of (or from) the old school
- Ofrail
- of some size
- of sorts
- Ofsted
- oft
- Oftel
- often
- oftenness
- oftens
- oftentime
- oftentimes
- of the blood (royal)
- of the essence
- of the first magnitude
- of the first order (or magnitude)
- of the first water
- of the moment
- of the order of