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4-letter words (6 found)

AIRS,ARIS,RAIS,RIAS,SAIR,SARI,

3-letter words (10 found)

AIR,AIS,ARS,RAI,RAS,RIA,SAI,SAR,SIR,SRI,

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AI,AR,AS,IS,SI,

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Definitions and meaning of sari

sari

English

Alternative forms

  • saree
  • shari

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi साड़ी (sāṛī) ultimately from Sanskrit शाट (śāṭa), शाटी (śāṭī).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɑː.ɹi/
  • (Indic) IPA(key): /saːɽi/, (spelling pronunciation) /saːri/, /særi/
  • Homophone: sorry (father-bother merger)

Noun

sari (plural saris)

  1. The traditional dress of women in the Indian Subcontinent; an outer garment consisting of a single length of cotton or silk, most often with one end wrapped around the waist to form a skirt, the other draped over the shoulder or head.

Translations

Anagrams

  • Sira, airs, rais, Rias, RISA, Risa, RIAs, IRAs, sira, Isar, aris, rias, IRAS

Aromanian

Alternative forms

  • sare

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin sale, from Latin sāl, salem. Compare Romanian sare.

Noun

sari f

  1. salt
  2. (figurative) character

Related terms

See also

  • piper

Balinese

Romanization

sari

  1. Romanization of ᬲᬭᬶ
  2. Romanization of ᬲᬵᬭᬶ

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *sali (“value, reward, payment”). Often related to Iberian śalir, which possibly identifies some kind of currency.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s̺aɾi/ [s̺a.ɾi]
  • Rhymes: -aɾi, -i
  • Hyphenation: sa‧ri

Noun

sari inan

  1. payment
  2. value
  3. award, prize

Declension

Derived terms

  • saldu

References

  • R. L. Trask (2008) “sari”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 337

Further reading

  • “sari”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
  • “sari”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

sari

  1. kind of spiny rattan

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Hindi साड़ी (sāṛī).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsaː.ri/
  • Hyphenation: sa‧ri
  • Rhymes: -aːri

Noun

sari m (plural sari's)

  1. sari (South Asian garment)

Finnish

Etymology

From Hindi साड़ी (sāṛī).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑri/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝ri]
  • Rhymes: -ɑri
  • Syllabification(key): sa‧ri
  • Hyphenation(key): sa‧ri

Noun

sari

  1. sari (Indian piece of clothing)

Declension

Further reading

  • “sari”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

  • Arsi, rasi, rias, risa

French

Noun

sari m (plural saris)

  1. sari (clothing)

Further reading

  • “sari”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsari]
  • Rhymes: -ri, -i
  • Hyphenation: sa‧ri

Etymology 1

From Malay sari, from Classical Malay sari, from Old Javanese sari, sāri (“pollen; quintessence”) (compare Javanese ꦱꦫꦶ (sari, “essence; pollen”)), sara, sāra (“core; essential; firmness, strength, power, energy”), from Sanskrit सार (sāra, “essence; nectar; core, pith; quintessence; main point”). Doublet of sara. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

sari (plural sari-sari)

  1. essence: a significant feature of something; an extract or concentrate
    Synonyms: biang, pati
  2. summary, overview
    Synonyms: ikhtisar, ijmal, resume, ringkasan
  3. (archaic) flower
    Synonyms: bunga, kembang

Affixed terms

Compounds

Related terms

Etymology 2

From Betawi sari (“day”), cognate of Indonesian sehari (“a day, one day”), Old Javanese sari-sari (“continuously; day after day”).

Noun

sari (plural sari-sari)

  1. alternative spelling of sari-sari (“daily”)

Etymology 3

From Malay sari, from Hindi साड़ी (sāṛī), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀸𑀟𑀻 (sāḍī), from Sanskrit शाटी (śāṭī), शाट (śāṭa, “strip of cloth”).

Noun

sari (plural sari-sari)

  1. sari: the traditional dress of women in the Indian Subcontinent; an outer garment consisting of a single length of cotton or silk, most often with one end wrapped around the waist to form a skirt, the other draped over the shoulder or head

Affixed terms

Further reading

  • “sari” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi साड़ी (sāṛī), from Sanskrit शाट (śāṭa), शाटी (śāṭī).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsa.ri/
  • Rhymes: -ari
  • Hyphenation: sà‧ri

Noun

sari m (invariable)

  1. sari

Anagrams

  • arsi, rais, rasi, risa, risà

Javanese

Romanization

sari

  1. Romanization of ꦱꦫꦶ

Kari'na

Pronunciation

  • (Venezuela) IPA(key): [saːɺ̢i]

Noun

sari (possessed sariry)

  1. (Guyana, Venezuela) Alternative form of kusari (“the red brocket deer, Mazama americana”)

Latin

Verb

sarī

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of sariō

References

  • “sari”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sari in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From Hindi साड़ी (sāṛī).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [saɰi]

Noun

sari

  1. sari
    Synonym: pagn

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

From Latin sal, salem. Compare Romanian sare.

Noun

sari f

  1. salt

Middle English

Adjective

sari

  1. Alternative form of sory

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa.ri/
  • Homophone: sāri

Etymology 1

Noun

sari

  1. Alternative spelling of sāri (“quintessence; pollen, flower”)

Etymology 2

Probably affixed sa- +‎ wari (“day”). Cognate of Indonesian sari (“daily”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

sari

  1. continuously, constantly, uninterruptedly, lastingly
  2. day after day
Derived terms
Descendants
  • > Javanese: ꦱꦫꦶ (sari, “continuously, constantly, uninterruptedly, lastingly; day after day”) (inherited)
  • →? Malay: seri (“draw”)
    • > Indonesian: seri (“draw”) (inherited)

Further reading

  • "sari" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi साड़ी (sāṛī), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀸𑀟𑀻 (sāḍī), from Sanskrit शाटी (śāṭī), feminine form of शाट (śāṭa, “garment”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsa.ri/
  • Rhymes: -ari
  • Syllabification: sa‧ri

Noun

sari n (indeclinable)

  1. sari

Further reading

  • sari in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • sári

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: sa‧ri

Noun

sari m (plural saris)

  1. sari (traditional dress used in India)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sari.

Pronunciation

Noun

sari n (uncountable)

  1. sari

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi साड़ी (sāṛī), from Sanskrit षाटी (ṣāṭī).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsaɾi/ [ˈsa.ɾi]
  • Rhymes: -aɾi
  • Syllabification: sa‧ri

Noun

sari m (plural saris)

  1. sari

Further reading

  • “sari”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi साड़ी (sāṛī).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -iː

Noun

sari c

  1. sari

Declension

Further reading

  • sari in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker

Anagrams

  • isar, rias

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈsaɾiʔ/ [ˈsaː.ɾɪʔ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾiʔ
  • Syllabification: sa‧ri

Noun

sarì (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜇᜒ)

  1. sex (category)
    Synonyms: tauhin, seks
  2. species
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English sari.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈsaɾi/ [ˈsaː.ɾɪ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾi
  • Syllabification: sa‧ri

Noun

sari (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜇᜒ)

  1. sari (traditional Indian dress)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈsaɾiʔ/ [ˈsaː.ɾɪʔ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾiʔ
  • Syllabification: sa‧ri

Noun

sarì (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜇᜒ) (obsolete)

  1. insult
Derived terms
See also

Further reading

  • “sari”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
  • “sari”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎[2] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier

Anagrams

  • iras, isra, sira

Ternate

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsa.ɾi/

Noun

sari (Jawi ساري)

  1. a shovel, digger, scoop
  2. any piece of wood used to paddle
  3. a paddle

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsa.ɾi/

Verb

sari (Jawi ساري)

  1. (auxiliary) to desire, wish, want; to intend
    sari sisupu ― to want/intend to show
  2. (auxiliary) indicates the near-future tense; will soon
    ngori rikoi sari sofo ― my banana (tree) will soon bear fruit
    una osari okodiho ― he will soon return
Usage notes

This auxiliary generally precedes the main verb. It may take the subject clitics (o, mo, etc.) generally only for emphasis.

Conjugation

References

  • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Source: wiktionary.org