Another variant spelling of dhoti, the traditional South Asian lower-body garment made from a wrapped piece of cloth.
Variant of dhoti from Hindi धोती (dhoti), with Sanskrit roots. The 'y' ending reflects another English spelling approach to represent the Hindi pronunciation.
Colonial dictionaries often listed multiple variants of the same word—dhoti, dhoty, dhooti, dhoutee—creating what looks like chaos but actually reveals how language standardization happens over centuries.
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