zari
/ˈzæɹi/noun
zari is a noun meaning “A fine gold or silver thread used in traditional Indian, Pakistani and Persian garments, especially as brocade in saris etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled Z-A-R-I, and it appears about once in every 9 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of zari is zaris.
What does zari mean?
noun
- 1
A fine gold or silver thread used in traditional Indian, Pakistani and Persian garments, especially as brocade in saris etc.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce zari?
- /ˈzæɹi/
- /ˈzɑɹi/
- /zəˈɹi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of zari
- zaris plural
- jari
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is zari?
Zari appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 91,522nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).