Nimtene (mintene)

Amongst women’s traditional clothing of Azerbaijan was widespread nimtene (mintene). Nimtene was cut in the same form as chapkan and in comparison it can indicate typological similarities with that type of clothing. This clothing differed from each other with small details. The name of cloth was mainly associated with choose of fabric used for sewing from which this cloth takes it name. Nimtene clothing was sewn from fabric with the same name and it is known, this textile had been brought to Azerbaijan from Middle Asia and Iran. This upper garment is called in Turkey “miltan”, “mintana”, “tunic”. Notwithstanding this type of upper clothes had preserved its persian name, but the cut, design and sewing technology is solely typical and common for turkic ethnic cultural identity. It was firts long-lapped, afterwards, in the 18th and 19th centuries it was shorten and cut to the waist. Nimtine was used in Karabakh throughout the end of the 19th century.