Meaning of angarkha | Babel Free

Definitions

A traditional outer upper garment worn by men, tied using strings in place of buttons.

India

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Examples

“I didn't need her to take my shoes off and then my turban and the angarkha.”

“And the thin muslin that made up his angarkha came all the way from Dacca in Bengal, which was the most famous centre of muslin weaving in the eighteenth-century world.”

“He wore a pagdi embroidered with gold and silver thread on his head, a tight-fitting intricately patterned angarkha, and tight pajamas buttoned at the ankles.”

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