Nehru jacket

UK/ˈnɛə.ɹuː ˈdʒæk.ɪt/US/ˈneɪ.ɹu ˈdʒæk.ɪt/

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.

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Meanings

nounNehru jacket (plural Nehru jackets)

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.

Origin

After Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India, who wore such a jacket.

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Translations

Finnish Nehru-takki, nehrutakki
  • Nehru-takkitype of jacket
  • nehrutakkitype of jacket
Cite this entry
APA

Nehru jacket. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nehru%20jacket

MLA

“Nehru jacket.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nehru%20jacket. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Nehru jacket,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nehru%20jacket.

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