Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A variety of Dacca, muslin woven in designs of flowers.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A silk fabric, with a woven pattern of sprigs of flowers.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A fabric of fine cotton muslin of Bengali origin, with coloured stripes and patterns.

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Examples

  • The jamdani, kantha, dhakai are all so breathtaking.

    Shubho Nobo Borsho! 2006

  • The certificate covers silk brocades like Amru; textile goods not covered elsewhere such as bed and table covers; silk saris and dress materials such as jamdani, jangla, jamawar tanchoi, tissue, cut work, 'butidar' and silk embroidery saris.

    NewsBlaze.com Current News - Top Stories 2010

  • There are many other types of sarees that you can wear, including jamdani silk saris, ethnic kanchipuram saris, samu silk saree, and butter silk saris and so on.

    Fashion World of SL 2010

  • There are many other types of sarees that you can wear, including jamdani silk saris, ethnic kanchipuram saris, samu silk saree, and butter silk saris and so on.

    Fashion World of SL 2010

  • The certificate covers silk brocades like Amru; textile goods not covered elsewhere such as bed and table covers; silk saris and dress materials such as jamdani, jangla, jamawar tanchoi, tissue, cut work, 'butidar' and silk embroidery saris.

    NewsBlaze.com Current News - Top Stories 2010

  • His fingers were never at rest, they had a fidgety, nervous action at their tips, constantly in the act of feeling something; while in the act of talking to me, he would lean over and feel the texture of the cloth of my trousers, my coat, or my shoes or socks: then he would feel his own light jamdani shirt or dabwain loin-cloth, until his eyes casually resting upon a novelty, his body would lean forward, and his arm was stretched out with the willing fingers.

    How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004

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