Standard Lemma guide

sari

name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Western: /ˈsɑː.ɹi/
  • homophone: sorry (father-bother merger)
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • South-Asia: /sɑɽi/
  • South-Asia: /sɑri/ spelling pronunciation
  • South-Asia: /sari/
  • homophone: sorry (father-bother merger, some speakers)
  • CMU ARPABET: S AA1 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A city in Iran, the seat of Sari County's Central District and the capital of Mazandaran Province.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A county of Iran, around the city.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a dress worn primarily by Hindu women; consists of several yards of light material that is draped around the body

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: saree

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dress, frock

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Persian: ساری (sâri) — city and county in Iran
  • Arabic: سَارِي (sārī) — cloth
  • Assamese: শাৰী (xari) — cloth
  • Bengali: শাড়ি (śaṛi) — cloth
  • Bulgarian: сари (sari) — cloth
  • Burmese: ဆာရီ (hcari) — cloth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 莎麗 /莎丽 (shālì) — cloth
  • Danish: sari — cloth
  • Esperanto: sario — cloth
  • Finnish: sari — cloth
  • French: sari — cloth
  • German: Sari — cloth
  • Gujarati: સાડી (sāḍī) — cloth
  • Hindi: साड़ी (sāṛī) — cloth
  • Hungarian: szári — cloth
  • Icelandic: sarí — cloth
  • Italian: sari — cloth
  • Japanese: サリー (sarī) — cloth
  • Kannada: ಸೀರೆ (sīre) — cloth
  • Khmer: សារី (saarii) — cloth
  • Korean: 사리 (sari) — cloth
  • Malay: sari — cloth
  • Malayalam: സാരി (sāri) — cloth
  • Marathi: साडी (sāḍī) — cloth
  • Nepali: साडी (sāḍī) — cloth
  • Nepali: सारी (sārī) — cloth
  • Odia: ଶାଢୀ (śāḍhi) — cloth
  • Persian: ساری (sâri) — cloth
  • Persian: ساره (sâre) — cloth
  • Polish: sari — cloth
  • Portuguese: sari — cloth
  • Réunion Creole French: sari — cloth
  • Russian: са́ри (sári) — cloth
  • Sanskrit: षाटी (ṣāṭī) — cloth
  • Sanskrit: शाटी (śāṭī) — cloth
  • Sindhi: ساڙهيِ (sāṛhī) — cloth
  • Spanish: sari — cloth
  • Swedish: sari — cloth
  • Sylheti: ꠢꠣꠠꠤ (haṛi) — cloth
  • Tamil: புடவை (puṭavai) — cloth
  • Tamil: சேலை (cēlai) — cloth
  • Tamil: சீலை (cīlai) — cloth
  • Telugu: చీర (cīra) — cloth
  • Telugu: కొక (koka) — cloth
  • Thai: ส่าหรี (sàa-rǐi) — cloth
  • Turkish: sari — cloth
  • Urdu: ساڑی (sāṛī) — cloth