achkan
(ˈætʃkən)
Also atchkan.
[Hindi ackan.]
A long coat worn by men in India.
| 1911 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 419/1 Garments for outdoor wear are the..achkan or sherwāni... The achkan.. is buttoned straight down the front. Both angā and achkan reach to a little below the knee. 1939 R. Godden Black Narcissus v. 52 He was plainly dressed in a dove-coloured achkan and white cotton pantaloons like jodhpurs. 1954 J. Masters Bhowani Junct. iii. 28 A chuprassi in a scarlet achkan. 1959 20th Cent. June 602 An old man in a plain atchkan... This was Jawaharlal Nehru. |