Achkan (Hindi: अच्कन, Urdu: اچکن) is a long jacket worn in South Asia, and together with the Sherwani, is traditionally associated with the Northern Indian aristocracy.
The achkan originated in Indian Subcontinent and was court dress of nobles of the royals of India, before being more generally adopted in the late eighteenth century. It is long-sleeved coat-like garment, worn close to the body, reaching down to the knees or even lower, and buttoned in front-middle. It can be distinguished from the sherwani by the fact that it is often made from lighter, finer fabrics, and is generally without line—Subrata Bhaduri.
It also gave birth to the modern Nehru Jacket, which is a shorter form of the achkan.
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