mekhela

English

Etymology

From Assamese মেখেলা (mekhela).

Noun

mekhela (plural mekhelas)

1. 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.

Anagrams

• mehalek