[sahr-ee] 
| a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder. |
| sa·ree (sä'rē) n. Variant of sari. |
| sa·ri also sa·ree (sä'rē) n. pl. sa·ris also sa·rees An outer garment worn chiefly by women of India and Pakistan, consisting of a length of lightweight cloth with one end wrapped about the waist to form a skirt and the other draped over the shoulder or covering the head. [Hindi sāṛī, from Prakrit sāḍī, from Sanskrit śāṭī.] |
saree
principal outer garment of women of the Indian subcontinent, consisting of a piece of often brightly coloured, frequently embroidered, silk, cotton, or, in recent years, synthetic cloth five to seven yards long. It is worn wrapped around the body with the end left hanging or used over the head as a hood.
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