"Nehru jacket" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈnɛə.ɹuː ˈdʒæk.ɪt/ [UK], /ˈneɪ.ɹu ˈdʒæk.ɪt/ [US] Forms: Nehru jackets [plural]
Etymology: After Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India, who wore such a jacket. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Nehru jacket (plural Nehru jackets)
  1. 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. Wikipedia link: Jawaharlal Nehru, Nehru jacket Categories (topical): Clothing Derived forms: Nehru-jacketed Translations (type of jacket): Nehru-takki (Finnish), nehrutakki (Finnish)

Inflected forms

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