Longyi
/lɒŋˈjiː/noun
A long, tubular garment wrapped around the waist and worn especially in Myanmar.
Did you know?Although commonly called a longyi in English, the garment has distinct traditional names in Myanmar: men typically wear a paso, while women wear a htamein.
Etymological Timeline
Pre-modern Burmese
Burmese
လုံချည်
“A wrapped cloth or garment; the traditional Burmese source of longyi”
19th Century
Burmese
longyi
“Romanized form of လုံချည်, used for the waist-wrapped garment”
19th–20th Century
English
longyi
“A Burmese national garment, increasingly recorded in English descriptions of Myanmar”
20th Century
English
longyi
“A tubular skirt-like garment worn by men and women in Myanmar”
Modern English
English
longyi
“A traditional Myanmar garment consisting of a long cloth sewn into a tube and wrapped around the waist”