sewali

sewali

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Assamese শেৱালি (xewali).

Noun

sewali

1. (India) Night-blooming jasmine, Nyctanthes arbor-tristis.
   • 2000, Kamaleswar Sarma, Raghunath Choudhury, p. 5:

     His attention was drawn by the sewali flowers blooming with small, soft, white petals, fluttering in the mild air.

   • 2002, Snigdhamalati Neog (transl.), A handful of sand, p. 108:

     Near the goxai ghar there was a sewali in full bloom. A few flowers fell from the tree.

   • 2011, Deepika Phukan, translating Arupa Patangia Kalita, The Story of Felanee:

     The fragrance of the white carpet of flowers under the flowering sewali shrub spoke of its origin and reminded her of the old woman Kali.

Anagrams

• wailes