lehnga

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi लहंगा (lahaṅgā).

Noun

lehnga (plural lehngas)

  1. (South Asia) A long formal or ceremonial skirt worn by Indian women, usually with a choli (short blouse). [from 19th c.]
    • 2023, Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi, The Centre, Picador, page 294:
      For most of the ceremony, Naima was sitting on the stage wearing an elaborate maroon lehnga that was so heavy it had taken the both of us to lift the box when it first arrived from the designer.

References

  • OED (online) 2007

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