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A kurtka is the generic word for a jacket
Jacket

A jacket is a type of sleeved Hip - or waist-length garment for the upper body. For clothing older than the 1850s, a distinction is often maintained with a coat , but in many instances the terms are now interchangeable....
 in a number of European languages, most notably in Polish
Polish language

Polish , an official language of Poland, has the largest number of speakers of any West Slavic languages. Polish-speakers use the language in a uniform manner through most of Poland, and it has a regular orthography....
 and Russian
Russian language

Russian is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages, and the largest native language in Europe....
. The word itself is a Slavic diminutive of the original Hungarian word kurta, which in turn was derived of the Latin word curtus, "excurtus", meaning short (see Alejandro Cioranescu: Diccionario Etimologico Rumano).

In addition to the general meaning of "jacket", the word kurtka refers to the garment normally worn by Sambo
Sambo (martial art)

Sambo is a modern martial art, combat sport and self-defense system developed in the Soviet Union and recognized as an official sport by the USSR All-Union Sports Committee in 1938, presented by Anatoly Kharlampiev....
 practitioners, similar to the keikogi
Keikogi

or dogi is a uniform for training, used in martial arts derived from Japan, or budo. . In English language, the term keikogi is sometimes referred to simply as the gi, which would be an incorrect use of the word in Japanese....
 in style and function.






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A kurtka is the generic word for a jacket
Jacket

A jacket is a type of sleeved Hip - or waist-length garment for the upper body. For clothing older than the 1850s, a distinction is often maintained with a coat , but in many instances the terms are now interchangeable....
 in a number of European languages, most notably in Polish
Polish language

Polish , an official language of Poland, has the largest number of speakers of any West Slavic languages. Polish-speakers use the language in a uniform manner through most of Poland, and it has a regular orthography....
 and Russian
Russian language

Russian is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages, and the largest native language in Europe....
. The word itself is a Slavic diminutive of the original Hungarian word kurta, which in turn was derived of the Latin word curtus, "excurtus", meaning short (see Alejandro Cioranescu: Diccionario Etimologico Rumano).

In addition to the general meaning of "jacket", the word kurtka refers to the garment normally worn by Sambo
Sambo (martial art)

Sambo is a modern martial art, combat sport and self-defense system developed in the Soviet Union and recognized as an official sport by the USSR All-Union Sports Committee in 1938, presented by Anatoly Kharlampiev....
 practitioners, similar to the keikogi
Keikogi

or dogi is a uniform for training, used in martial arts derived from Japan, or budo. . In English language, the term keikogi is sometimes referred to simply as the gi, which would be an incorrect use of the word in Japanese....
 in style and function. A kurtka should be made of canvas or other heavy material, should be tight-fitting, should not extend more than eight inches below the belt (roughly equal to the bottom of the sleeve) and the sleeves must be long enough to cover the arms to the wrists, and wide enough at the end to fit the wrist and four fingers.