Plural of dhooti; multiple traditional South Asian garments made from a single wrapped piece of cloth.
English plural of dhooti, from Hindi धोती (dhoti) via the '-is' or '-s' plural ending. This variant plural form reflects different phonetic interpretations in English texts.
Even the plural of this word has variants—dhooties, dhootis—showing how colonial transliteration was inconsistent. But that inconsistency actually preserves information about how different English speakers heard and pronounced the Hindi word!
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