odhni

English

Alternative forms

• odhani

Noun

odhni (plural odhnis)

1. (India, regional) A dupatta.
   • 1951, Govind Sadashiv Ghurye, Indian Costume, page 142:

     The rest of the ‘oḍhṇi’ is taken from over the left side and is rested over the head behind, the loose end being allowed to dangle ovor the right shoulder at the back and the right side.

   • 2008, Romi Jain, The Storm Within, page 89:

     Bura's eyes fell on a small rectangular packet. Her waving odhni, hanging on the clothesline, was brushing the packet lying beneath.

   • 2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 151:

     A gauzy odhni bright as moonlight covered her head, coming down to her slender waist.

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• dhoni