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Angarkha
Traditional upper garment in India subcontinent From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Angarkha is an outer robe with long sleeves which was worn by men in South Asia.[1] By the 19th-century it had become the generally accepted attire of an educated man in public.[2][3] It had evolved from the Persian cape balaba or chapkan as a result of being given a more Indian form in the late medieval or early modern era.[4][5][6]
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Etymology
Angarkha comes from the Sanskrit aṅgarakṣaka, meaning 'body-protector'.[7]
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