noun
definition
A long loincloth worn by Hindu men in India.
definition
The cotton fabric used for such loincloths.
Examples of dhoti in a Sentence
The dhoti is a simple piece of cloth (cotton), generally white.
The garment distinctive of the Hindus of all castes, men and women, all over India, is the dhoti or loin cloth.
The small form of dhoti worn by men of the lower class is called langoti.
The dhoti is known under many names, dhutia, pitambar, lungi, &c. In some parts of India half the dhoti only is wound round the loins, the other half being thrown over the left shoulder.
He bathes in the river, shaves his head and puts on a new white dhoti.
A Brahman's dhoti, as also that of some other castes, reaches to a little below the knee; a Rajput's to his ankles.
Women have to wear long skirts or saris and men must wear a dhoti (a wrap-around) and go bare-chested.
For the first time brawny Sanjay Dutt is seen as a village simpleton wearing a dhoti.
The kachh or drawers fastened by a waist-band was more convenient and suitable for warriors than the insecurely tied dhoti of the Hindus or the tamba of the Mahommedans.
Under Mahommedan influence Hindu clothing developed into " suits," consisting of five pieces for men, hence called pancho tuk kapra - (z) head-dress, (2) dhoti, (3) coat, (4) chaddar or sheet, (5) bathing cloth; and three for women, hence called tin tuk - (i) dhoti, (2) jacket, (3) shawl.