odhani

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odhani (plural odhanis)

  1. A type of small sari worn over other clothing.
    • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 44:
      The girl's odhani was tied to the siropa cloth in his hand.
    • 2003, Amlan Dash, translating Pratibha Roy, in Chandrasekhar, Twenty Stories from South Asia, p. 163:
      During the initial days, Manju would appear before her father-inlaw in an odhani almost a foot long.