mandi

Meanings

1. A traditional style of washing oneself in Indonesia and Malaysia, using a small container to scoop water out of a larger container and pour it over the body.

1. A traditional Yemeni culinary dish of spiced meat and rice cooked in a pit. Now a popular staple in most areas of the Arabian Peninsula, it originates from Hadhramaut.

1. a Mandaean building that serves as a community center and place of worship.

1. A city in Himachal Pradesh, India.
2. A district of Himachal Pradesh, India.

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Malay mandi (“to take a bath”).