arkhalig

English

A portrait of a young man wearing an arkhalig

Alternative forms

• arkhaluk, arkhalukh, arkaluk, arkalick

Etymology

From Turkic: compare Azerbaijani arxalıq, Turkish arkalık.

Noun

arkhalig (plural arkhaligs)

1. A long tight-waist jacket worn by the peoples of the Caucasus and Iran, made of various kinds of fabric, such as silk, satin, cloth, cashmere and velvet, traditionally depending on the social status of its owner.

Translations

long tight-waist jacket worn by the peoples of the Caucasus and Iran

• Armenian: արխալուղ (hy) (arxaluġ)
• Azerbaijani: arxalıq
• Georgian: ახალუხი (ka) (axaluxi)
• Ottoman Turkish: آرقه‌لق (arkalık)
• Russian: архалу́к (ru) m (arxalúk)

Further reading

• arkhalig on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Anikin, A. E. (2007) “архалук”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 1 (A – аяюшка), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 301