Nehru jacket
English
Etymology
After Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India, who wore such a jacket.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnɛə.ɹuː ˈdʒæk.ɪt/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈneɪ.ɹu ˈdʒæk.ɪt/
Noun
Nehru jacket (plural Nehru jackets)
- A hip-length tailored unisex coat with a mandarin collar, modelled on the South Asian achkan or sherwani and briefly popular in the West in the 1960s and 1970s.
Derived terms
- Nehru-jacketed
Translations
type of jacket
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