ghagra

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UK/ˈɡaɡɹə/

noun

A long ornamented skirt or petticoat, tightened with a drawstring and often hung with bells, worn in Rajasthan and other parts of India.

OriginHindi घाघरा ← Sanskrit [Term?] →
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Meanings

nounghagra (plural ghagras)

plural ghagras · alternative ghaghra

  1. A long ornamented skirt or petticoat, tightened with a drawstring and often hung with bells, worn in Rajasthan and other parts of India.

    She's wearing a screeching yellow silk ghagra with a pink chunni.

    1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 15

Origin

  1. Sanskrit[Term?]
  2. Hindiघाघरा
  3. Englishghagra

From Hindi घाघरा (ghāghrā), from Sanskrit [Term?].

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