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lahnga

lahnga is the alternative form of lehnga.

Meaning of lehnga

Noun

lehnga (plural lehngas)

  1. (South-Asia) A long formal or ceremonial skirt worn by Indian women, usually with a choli (short blouse).
    • 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.2023, Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi, The Centre, Picador, page 294

Forms of lahnga

plurallahngas

Questions about lahnga

What is lahnga the alternative form of?
Lahnga is the alternative form of lehnga.

Words near lahnga in the dictionary

  1. Lahmans
  2. Lahms
  3. Lahmu
  4. Lahnda
  5. Lahndi
  6. lahnga
  7. lahngas
  8. Lahnstein
  9. lahnsteinite
  10. lahoh
  11. Lahontan

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