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ghaghra, n.
Brit. |ˈgagrə|, |ˈgɑːgrɑː|, U.S. |ˈgɑgrə|
Forms: 18– ghaghra, 19– gaghra[erron.], 19– gagra[erron.], 19– ghaagra, 19– ghaghro, 19– ghagra, 20– gagara[rare], 20– ghaghara[rare]
[‹ Hindi ghāghrā ‹ Sanskrit gharghara gurgle, rattling noise (compare ghargharī (diminutive) tinkling girdle; the skirt may still be ornamented with bells, and Hindi ghāghrā probably reflects a larger version, still recorded as such in Bengali). With form ghaghro in quot. 1908 compare Rajasthani ghaghro.]
In parts of India, esp. Rajasthan: a long full skirt or petticoat with a drawstring waist and often ornamented with bells.
a1836Encycl. Metrop. XXIII. 783/1 The inhabitants [of Jésalmér] are almost universally Rájpúts;..usually distinguished by a scarlet conical turban, the women wearing a very full petticoat (g'hág'hrá) of the same colour. 1908Imperial Gazetter India (new ed.) XXII. 410 The women wear a red cotton skirt..known as the ghaghro. 1967R. Singha & R. Massey Indian Dances xviii. 167 The numerous Radha-Krishna miniatures show..the same costumes as are worn today, namely ghaagra, choli and dupatta for women and dhoti for men. 1976H. R. F. Keating Filmi, Filmi vi. 50 Some simple Rajasthani peasant girl in ghagra and choli. 1992Artibus Asiae Supplementum 38 61/2 This seems to have been Devidasa's preferred mode of rendering the ghaghra or skirt. 2004Snoop Aug.–Sept. 66 Saries are hugely popular, along with fishtail lenghas and trumpet ghaghras, paired with cholis or even short, fitted kurtis.
Compounds. ghaghra-choli n. an outfit consisting of a ghaghra and a choli (see choli n.).
1991India-West 15 Nov. 56/3 Dressed in a pink and green silk *ghagra-choli outfit, Farha danced to the fast-paced song Long Da Lachka from the film ‘Naagmani’. 1994Sun (Baltimore) 21 Aug. 2 b/4 Yesterday, she wore a green ghagra-choli (blouse and ankle-length skirt with drawstring waist), gold jewelry and hair ornaments when she performed a dance from the Indian state of Rajasthan. 2000H. Trivedi tr. A. Sarogi Kali-katha in R. Allen & H. Trivedi Lit. & Nation xi. 384 Some girl poisons herself because her father couldn't afford to buy for her the kind of ghaghra-choli which Madhuri Dixit was seen wearing in her latest film. |