The word sari described in Sanskrit शाटी [REF] which means 'strip of cloth'[REF] and शाडी or साडी in Pali, and which was corrupted to in modern Indian languages [REF].
The petticoat is called 'parkar' (परकर) in Marathi, or lehenga in the north; pavadai (பாவாடை) in Tamil, pavada (or occasionally langa) in Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu, chaniyo, parkar, ghaghra, or ghagaro in the west; and shaya in eastern India.