Jama (coat)

The term jama (Hindustani: जामा, جام ; Bengali: জামা; Odia: ଜାମା ) refers to a long coat which was popular in South Asia during the early modern era.

Some styles of the jama were tight around the torso but flared out like a skirt to below the knees or the ankles.

The courtiers wore it underneath the costumes, such as Jama (coat).

Nimajama was aided with strings to tie in front; the length was up to the knees only, shorter than the Jama.

[12] In Gujarat, the jama began to lose popularity by the end of the 19th century A.D.[13] However, men in parts of Kutch still wear the jama also known as the angarkha[14] which has an asymmetric opening with the skirt flaring out to around the hips.