नीवी

A dictionary, Marathi and English

nīvī f A cloth round a woman's waist; or the ends or tuck of it: also the tie or encircling band of a woman's drawers.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

 f  A cloth round a woman's waist; the ends of it; the tie of a woman's drawers.

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

 स्त्री. निरी ; लुगड्याचा पदर . ओचा ; केळे . कमरेभोंवतालच लुगड्याचा भाग , वेष्टन . [ सं . ]

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

नीवी  f.  f. or नीवि ( prob. fr. नि+-√ व्ये) a piece of cloth wrapped round the waist ( esp. as worn by women; but cf. [Vām. i, 3, 5]), a kind of skirt or petticoat, [VS.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [MBh.] &c.
a band or cord for tying together folded कुश-grass in making offerings at the funeral rites of a शूद्र, [L.]
a hostage, [L.]
capital, principal stock, [Daś.]

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

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