Etymograph

English

sari

Sari comes from Sanskrit शाटी.

  1. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEशाटीśāṭī
  2. Sauraseni Prakritmodern𑀲𑀸𑀟𑀻sāḍī
  3. Englishtodaysari

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEशाटीśāṭī
  2. Sauraseni Prakritmodern𑀲𑀸𑀟𑀻sāḍī
  3. Englishtodaysari

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- ‘to hide’

hell, color, cell, hall, hole, holder, ceiling, hull, helmet, hollow, halt, helm, holden, conceal, uphold, occult, clandestine, cilia, recline, sala, declination, declension, holing, haugh, tricolour, seel, halberd, hele, 37 more

Today it means

noun 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.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Sanskrit शाटी / sari

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