Home › Words › D › dhurriedhurrie/ˈdʌri/dhurrie means A thick, flat-woven cotton Indian rug or carpet.dhurrie is pronounced /ˈdʌri/.EtymologyFrom Hindi दरी (darī).nounA thick, flat-woven cotton Indian rug or carpet.e.g.“The eye-flies had colonized the top of an almeira; the red stains on the durry were thicker, for Mohammed Latif had slept here during his imprisonment and spat a good deal […].” — 1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin, published 2005, page 262:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.gurrah 67% match — A coarse Indian muslin. vs dhurrie →numdah 62% match — An Indian rug or mat made with chain stitch. vs dhurrie →rugging 61% match — A coarse woollen cloth used for making rugs, blankets etc. vs dhurrie →kilim 60% match — A flat tapestry-woven carpet or rug from Turkey or Kurdistan. vs dhurrie →khaddar 60% match — A coarse homespun cotton cloth from India. vs dhurrie →duffel 59% match — A kind of coarse woolen cloth, having a thick nap or frieze. vs dhurrie →druggeting 59% match — Coarse, hard-wearing, woollen cloth, usually woven in narrow strips, used as an underlay or protective covering, especially for carpets. vs dhurrie →dorea 59% match — A kind of cotton fabric from India. vs dhurrie →