Sāṇī (feminine) [from saṇa] hemp-cloth D II 350; Vin III 17; a screen, curtain, tent Ja I 58, 148 f., 178, 419; Dhp-a I 194; II 49. °-pākāra a screen-wall Vin IV 269, 279; Ja II 88; Dhp-a II 68, 71, 186; Vv-a 173; Pv-a 283; Mhv 7, 27; sāṇipasibbaka a sack or bag of hemp cloth Vin III 17 10 . — paṭṭa-sāṇī a screen of fine cloth Ja I 395.
(fem, fem, from saṇa) screen; curtain [lit.] made of hemp Construction: saṇa > sāṇa + *ī