lungi
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A Bengali boy wearing a lungi.
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Hindi लुंगी (luṅgī)/Urdu لنگی (lungī).
Noun
lungi (plural lungis)
- 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.
Synonyms
- (garment): sarong
Translations
garment
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References
- “lungi”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “lungi” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.
- “lungi”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Anagrams
Italian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adverb
lungi
Romani
Adjective
lungi
Romanian
Etymology
From lung. Also possibly from a Vulgar Latin root *longīre for Latin longīscēre, present active infinitive of longīscō.
Pronunciation
Verb
a lungi (third-person singular present lungește, past participle lungit) 4th conj.
Conjugation
conjugation of lungi (fourth conjugation, -esc- infix)
| infinitive | a lungi | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | lungind | ||||||
| past participle | lungit | ||||||
| number | singular | plural | |||||
| person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
| indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | lungesc | lungești | lungește | lungim | lungiți | lungesc | |
| imperfect | lungeam | lungeai | lungea | lungeam | lungeați | lungeau | |
| simple perfect | lungii | lungiși | lungi | lungirăm | lungirăți | lungiră | |
| pluperfect | lungisem | lungiseși | lungise | lungiserăm | lungiserăți | lungiseră | |
| subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | să lungesc | să lungești | să lungească | să lungim | să lungiți | să lungească | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
| affirmative | lungește | lungiți | |||||
| negative | nu lungi | nu lungiți | |||||