Lungiとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• longi, longyi, lungyi
• loonghee, loonghi (古風な用法)

語源

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

名詞

lungi (複数形 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.

同意語

• (garment): sarong

参照

• “lungi”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “lungi” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2023.
• “lungi”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

アナグラム

• ULing, luing