lehnga

plural lehngas · alternative lehanga · alternative lehenga · alternative lengha

1. South AsiaA long formal or ceremonial skirt worn by Indian women, usually with a choli (short blouse).First known use 19th c.

   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