 The word "chokha" entered the Georgian language from Persian.Originally, in Georgia, the garment was referred to as "talavari", but later on, after the Persian invasions, Persians started to call Georgian national dress "chokha" (meaning 'outfit made of fabric').Russians and Ukrainians called it a "cherkeska" (meaning 'of/from Circassia'), and the Kuban Cossacks adopted it as part of their costume.