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An arkhalig ka, ახალუხი, hy, արխալուղ, fa, ارخالق) is part of both male and female traditional dress of the
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and
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. The arkhalig originated from the ''beshmet'', a
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outer clothing later worn by
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s. An arkhalig is a long tight-waist jacket made of various kinds of fabric, such as
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, satin, cloth, cashmere and
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, traditionally depending on the social status of its owner. Male arkhaligs can be both single-breasted (done up with hooks) and double-breasted (done up with buttons). In cold weather, a
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is put on above an arkhalig. Female arkhaligs are often ornamented and have tight long sleeves widening on the wrists. A female arkhalig can also include a fur list along the edges, patterned laces and braids, or be decorated with gold embroidery.Silks That Amazed Herodotus
by Saadat Huseynova. ''Azerbaijanskie Izvestia''. Retrieved 23 June 2007 In the arkhalıq, there are true sleeves, either cut plain, or plain to the elbow and then slit as far as the wrist or, in the type called lelufar (Persian language, nīlūfar that means
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), flared from the elbow like the bell of a lily and trimmed with an extra 4 cm of lining from the inside. Arkhaligs were in wide use until the 1920s.


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