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Nehru jacket
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English
Etymology
After Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India, who wore such a jacket.
Pronunciation
en /ˈnɛə.ɹuː ˈdʒæk.ɪt/ UK
en /ˈneɪ.ɹu ˈdʒæk.ɪt/ US
Noun
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
en Nehru-jacketed
Translations
type of jacket
Finnish: fi Nehru-takki, fi nehrutakki
en eponyms
en Clothing