Finnish

Proper noun

Sari

1. A female given name.
   • 1990 Marjatta Koskenvesa, Lunta, sanoi perhonen, WSOY, ISBN 951-0-16159-4, page 12:

     Heti syksyllä, kun tyttö oli alkanut käydä puolipäiväosastolla, hänen puhuttelunimensä, Sari Päivikki, oli käytännön syistä vaihtunut Päiviksi ja samantien tietysti myös kotona. Leikkikoulussa oli osunut olemaan kuusi Sari-nimistä.

Declension

Usage notes

• The most popular first name of women born in Finland 1965-1972.

Anagrams

• Arsi, rasi, risa

English

Noun

sari ‎(plural saris)

Woman in sari

1. The traditional dress of women in the Indian Subcontinent; an outer garment consisting of a single length of cotton or silk, most often with one end wrapped around the waist to form a skirt, the other draped over the shoulder or head.

Translations

Anagrams

• airs
• aris
• rias
• sira

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• sare

Etymology

From Latin sāl, salem. Compare Romanian sare.

Noun

sari f

1. salt
2. (figuratively) character

Related terms

See also

• piper

Basque

Noun

sari

1. award

Dupaninan Agta

Noun

sari

1. kind of spiny rattan

Finnish

Noun

sari

1. sari (Indian piece of clothing)

Declension

Anagrams

• Arsi, rasi, risa

Italian

Noun

sari m ‎(invariable)

1. sari

Anagrams

• arsi, rasi, risa

Latin

Verb

sarī

1. second-person singular present active imperative of sariō

References

• sari in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sari”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Polish

Etymology

From Hindi

Noun

sari n ‎(uninflected)

1. sari

Portuguese

Noun

sari m (plural saris)

1. sari (traditional dress used in India)

Spanish

Etymology

From Hindi साड़ी ‎(sāṛī), from Sanskrit षाटी ‎(ṣāṭī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ɾi/
• Rhymes: -aɾi

Noun

sari m ‎(plural saris)

1. sari

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowing from Hindi साड़ी ‎(sāṛī)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

sari c

1. sari

Declension