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lun⋅gyi

  [loong-gee, loon-jee]
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–noun, plural -gyis.
lungi.

lun⋅gi

  [loong-gee, loon-jee]
–noun
1. a cloth used as a turban, scarf, sarong, etc., in India, Pakistan, and Burma.
2. a loincloth worn by men in India.
Also, lungee, lungyi, longyi.

Origin:
1625–35; < Hindi lungī < Pers
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lun·gi or lun·gyi   (lōōng'gē)   
n.   pl. lun·gis or lun·gyis also lon·gyis
A cloth, often of brightly colored silk or cotton, that is used as a piece of clothing, especially the traditional skirtlike garment of India, Pakistan, and Myanmar (Burma).

[Urdu lungī, from Persian, variant of lung.]
lun·gyi   (lōōng'gē)   
n.  Variant of lungi.
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