lungi

English

A Bengali boy wearing a lungi.

Alternative forms

• longi, longyi, lungyi
• loonghee, loonghi (archaic)

Etymology

From Hindi लुंगी (luṅgī)/Urdu لنگی (lungī).

Noun

lungi (plural lungis)

1. A garment worn around the waist, especially by men, in Southern India, Bangladesh, Burma, and Pakistan.
   • 2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, London: Penguin Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 152:

     Samad […] regularly wore a long piece of embroidered grey cotton, a lungi, wrapped round his waist.

Synonyms

• (garment): sarong

Translations

garment

• Assamese: লুঙী (luṅi)
• Bengali: লুঙ্গি (bn) (luṅgi)
• Burmese: လုံချည် (my) (lumhkyany)
• French: lungi (fr)
• Hindi: लुंगी (hi) (luṅgī)
• Malayalam: കൈലി (ml) (kaili), ലുങ്കി (ml) (luṅki)
• Odia: ଲୁଙ୍ଗି (or) (luṅgi)
• Punjabi: ਲੁੰਗੀ f (luṅgī)
• Sylheti: ꠟꠋꠉꠤ (loṅgi)
• Tamil: லுங்கி (ta) (luṅki), சரம் (ta) (caram)
• Urdu: لنگی (luṅgī)
• Vietnamese: khăn quấn

References

• “lungi”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “lungi” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.
• “lungi”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

• ULing, luing

Italian

Alternative forms

• lunge (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin longē.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlun.d͡ʒi/
• Rhymes: -undʒi
• Hyphenation: lùn‧gi

Adverb

lungi

1. (literary) distant, far
2. (followed by da) far (from)

Romani

Adjective

lungi

1. plural of lungo

Romanian

Etymology

From lung. Also possibly from a Vulgar Latin root *longīre for Latin longīscēre, present active infinitive of longīscō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lunˈd͡ʒi/

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Verb

a lungi (third-person singular present lungește, past participle lungit) 4th conj.

1. to lengthen, elongate, extend
2. to prolong

Conjugation

    conjugation of lungi (fourth conjugation, -esc- infix)

infinitive			a lungi
gerund			lungind
past participle			lungit
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	lungesc	lungești	lungește	lungim	lungiți	lungesc
	imperfect	lungeam	lungeai	lungea	lungeam	lungeați	lungeau
	simple perfect	lungii	lungiși	lungi	lungirăm	lungirăți	lungiră
	pluperfect	lungisem	lungiseși	lungise	lungiserăm	lungiserăți	lungiseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să lungesc	să lungești	să lungească	să lungim	să lungiți	să lungească
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		lungește			lungiți
	negative		nu lungi			nu lungiți

Derived terms

• alungi

Related terms

• lungime