The Institutes of Akbar 66.6
The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 66.6
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66.6
His Majesty has changed the names of several garments, and invented new and pleasing terms. Instead of jámah (coat), he says sarbgátí, i. e., covering the whole body; for izár (drawers), he says yárpíráhan (the companion of the coat); for nīmtanah (a jacket), tanzéb; for fautah, patgat; for burqa (a veil), chitragupita; for kuláh (a cap), sís’ sobhá; for múíbáf (a hair ribbon), késg’han; for patká (a cloth for the loins), katzéb; for shál (shawl), parmnarm; for . . . , parmgarm; for kapúrdhúr, a Tibetan stuff, kapúrnír; for páiafzár (shoes), charndharn; and similarly for other names.