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lehanga

lehanga 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 lehanga

plurallehangas

Questions about lehanga

What is lehanga the alternative form of?
Lehanga is the alternative form of lehnga.

Words near lehanga in the dictionary

  1. leh chey
  2. Leh District
  3. Lehan
  4. Lehane
  5. Lehanes
  6. lehanga
  7. lehangas
  8. Lehans
  9. lehavdil
  10. lehavdl
  11. lehayim

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