chunni

English

Alternative forms

• chunari, chunri, chundari

Etymology

Borrowed from Punjabi چُنّی (cunnī) / Punjabi ਚੁੰਨੀ (cunnī).

Noun

chunni (plural chunnis)

1. Synonym of dupatta – a long scarf worn by South Asian women.
   • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 1:

     Her head was covered with a green and yellow bandhani chunni which was tucked into the cleavage of her blouse.

   • 2007 September 4, Tanzina Vega, “An Unorthodox Cabby on a Path Less Traveled”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     She no longer wears the scarf, called a chunni, while she works.

Synonyms

• dupatta

Anagrams

• Hunnic, nunchi

Old High German

Etymology

Greek-style (Christianised) spelling of the /k/ sound used instead of the Germanic spelling with ⟨k⟩. Compare Middle Dutch Kerst, Danish, Faroese, and Swedish Kristus, versus Dutch Christus, English Christ, and German Christus (which was Krist in Middle High German), for a parallel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkun.ni/

Noun

chunni n

1. alternative form of kunni