Nainsook Definition

nānso͝ok
noun
A thin, lightweight cotton fabric.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Nainsook

Noun

Singular:
nainsook
Plural:
nainsooks

Origin of Nainsook

  • From Hindi nainsukh pleasant nain eye (from Sanskrit nayanam) (from nayati he leads) sukh pleasure (from Sanskrit sukha- running easily (of chariots), pleasant) (su- good (e)su- in Indo-European roots) (kham opening, axle-hole in the nave of a wheel)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Hindi नैनसुख (nainsukh), from नैन (nain, “eye") + सुख (sukh, “pleasure, luxury").

    From Wiktionary

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