Lexicographical Neighbors of Achkan
Literary usage of Achkan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life and Labour of the People of India by 'Abd Alla̲h Yu̲suf Ali̲, Abdullah Yusuf-Ali (1907)
"The achkan is tied on either side ... and there is even a bastard achkan with a
row of Birmingham buttons running down the middle, which bids fair to oust ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... (not over the achkan) A sleeveless waistcoat generally made of silk is called
a sadari; when it has half sleeves it is called ..."
3. The Inscriptions of Kourion by Terence Bruce Mitford (1971)
"... somewhat narrow, neat, unaffected, with occasional slight serifs, cut between
pairs of guidelines. Height from 0.027 to 0.03 m. Forms A achkan ..."
4. Zeitschrift für Philosophie und philosophische Kritik: Vormals Fichte (1894)
"... so verging jedenfalls ein beträchtlicher Zeitraum, bevor das Kantische und
die n achkan tischen Systeme einen Eindruck bei uns hervorbrachten. ..."
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