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घोंघी ghoṅghī, or घूंगी ghūṅghī= H گھونگی घूंगी ghūṅgī, or घोंगी ghoṅgī. [S. घूणर् +क+इका], s.f. The tying the end of a blanket in a knot and so placing it on the head as a protection against rain; a hooded cloak or covering;—a cloth folded up and put on the head (as a defence against the rain);—a coarse woollen (or other) cloth doubled over breadthwise and sewn at the bottom and sides (the top being left open); a sack, bag, pouch, wallet; a pocket (usually ghoghī);—the palmerworm; a caterpillar; a kind of grub destructive to grain, etc. (usually ghūṅgī, or ghūṅgrī, or ghuṅgrī).
Origin: Hindi