mekhela
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Assamese মেখেলা (mekhela).
Noun
[edit]mekhela (plural mekhelas)
- A traditional garment worn by Assamese women, consisting of a length of cloth worn (typically with a chador) from the waist to the ankles and often pleated.
- 1989, D. Nath, History of the Koch Kingdom, C. 1515-1615, page 140:
- Women in the western Koch kingdom wore a single piece of cloth called sari whereas their counterparts in the eastern Koch kingdom usually used two pieces of cloth called mekhela, and riha.
- 2011, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Deepika Phukan, The Story of Felanee:
- She was wearing a mauve blouse, a matching mauve bordered sador and a plain muga mekhela.