sewali

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Assamese শেৱালি (xewali).

Noun

sewali

1. (India) Night jasmine (Nyctanthes arbor-tristis).
   • 2000, Kamaleswar Sarma, Raghunath Choudhury, page 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, page 108:

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

   • 2011, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Deepika Phukan, 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