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dokhona

dokhona noun: a traditional dress worn by women among the Bodo people of northeastern India.

Noun

dokhona (plural dokhonas)

  1. A traditional dress worn by women among the Bodo people of northeastern India.
    • Wearing a pale-yellow dokhona — the traditional wraparound dress of Bodo women — and a white blouse, Romel's wife Tillottama, 56, organized chairs for us in her courtyard.2006, Wasbir Hussain, Homemakers Without the Men
    • He first saw Jutimala at the fair. Although she wore a dokhona, she didn't really look like a Bodo he thought.2011, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Deepika Phukan, The Story of Felanee

Forms of dokhona

pluraldokhonas

Questions about dokhona

What does dokhona mean?
Dokhona means a traditional dress worn by women among the Bodo people of northeastern India.
What part of speech is dokhona?
Dokhona is a noun.
What is the plural of dokhona?
The plural of dokhona is dokhonas.

Words near dokhona in the dictionary

  1. dokes
  2. Dokeses
  3. dokha
  4. dokhma
  5. dokhmas
  6. dokhona
  7. dokhonas
  8. doki
  9. Dokimaion
  10. dokimastic
  11. Dokimeion

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