ghagra
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editFrom Hindi घाघरा (ghāghrā), from Sanskrit [Term?].
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editghagra (plural ghagras)
- A long ornamented skirt or petticoat, tightened with a drawstring and often hung with bells, worn in Rajasthan and other parts of India.
- 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 15:
- She's wearing a screeching yellow silk ghagra with a pink chunni.