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CAFTANED

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caf⋅tan

  [kaf-tan, kaf-tan]
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–noun
1. a long garment having long sleeves and tied at the waist by a girdle, worn under a coat in the Middle East.
2. a long, full, usually collarless robe with wide sleeves that is worn at home for lounging or entertaining or at the beach as a cover-up.
Also, kaftan.

Origin:
1585–95; < Russ kaftán < Turk < Pers qaftān

Related forms:
caftaned, adjective
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caftan 
1591, "long tunic worn in Turkey, etc.," from Turk. qaftan (also in Pers.). As a similar shirt or dress style in the West, it is attested from c.1965.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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