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Meaning of dokhona | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A traditional dress worn by women among the Bodo people of northeastern India.

Examples

“Wearing a pale-yellow dokhona — the traditional wraparound dress of Bodo women — and a white blouse, Romel's wife Tillottama, 56, organized chairs for us in her courtyard.”
“He first saw Jutimala at the fair. Although she wore a dokhona, she didn't really look like a Bodo he thought.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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