dhoti

1. 1.

   a long loincloth worn by Hindu men

   Broaderbreechcloth

Other forms of dhoti

plural

dhotis·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dhoti

What does dhoti mean?

dhoti means "a long loincloth worn by Hindu men".

How many syllables are in dhoti?

dhoti has 2 syllables: dho-ti. The stress falls on "dho".

Is dhoti a common word?

dhoti is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.