[ pʌn'dʒi: , pɒn- ]
■ noun a soft unbleached type of Chinese fabric, originally made from threads of raw silk and now also other fibres such as cotton.
Origin
C18: from Chin. (Mandarin dialect) bĕnjī , lit. 'own loom', or bĕnzhì , lit. 'home-woven'.
[ pʌn'dʒi: , pɒn- ]
■ noun a soft unbleached type of Chinese fabric, originally made from threads of raw silk and now also other fibres such as cotton.
Origin
C18: from Chin. (Mandarin dialect) bĕnjī , lit. 'own loom', or bĕnzhì , lit. 'home-woven'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004