caftan - Definitions from Dictionary.com

7 results for: caftan

Buy Comfortable Caftans Buy pretty casual caftans & dresses Fast Low Cost Ship! www.serenecomfort.com	Sponsored Links

Caftan Heavenly-Soft Nightgowns & Robes Order Elegant Sleepwear Today! www.SoftSurroundings.com

Stylish Caftans for Sale Find Fabulous Prints and Styles! Spend Less on Beautiful Caftans. www.NexTag.com/Caftans

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This

caf·tan

Audio Help [kaf-tan, kaf-tan] Pronunciation Key

–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

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.

Buy Comfortable Caftans Buy pretty casual caftans & dresses Fast Low Cost Ship! www.serenecomfort.com	Sponsored Links

Caftan Heavenly-Soft Nightgowns & Robes Order Elegant Sleepwear Today! www.SoftSurroundings.com

Stylish Caftans for Sale Find Fabulous Prints and Styles! Spend Less on Beautiful Caftans. www.NexTag.com/Caftans

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
caftan

To learn more about caftan visit Britannica.com

Caftan Collection Ethnic-Inspired Print and Solid Caftans in all Colors from Ashro. www.Ashro.com	Sponsored Links

Kaftan Kaftans/Caftans All Sizes Variety of Prints Designs www.AfricanApparels.com

American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

caf·tan or kaf·tan Audio Help (kāf'tān', -tən, kāf-tān') Pronunciation Key
n.

A full-length garment with elbow-length or long sleeves, worn chiefly in eastern Mediterranean countries.
A westernized version of this garment consisting of a loose, usually brightly colored waist-length or ankle-length tunic.

[Russian kaftan, from Ottoman Turkish qaftān.]

(Download Now or Buy the Book)

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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.

WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This

caftan
noun
1.	a woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East
2.	a (cotton or silk) cloak with full sleeves and sash reaching down to the ankles; worn by men in the Levant

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
caftan, kaftan [ˈkӕftӕn] noun

a type of long flowing dress or robe sometimes brightly-coloured

Arabic:	قُفْطان
Chinese (Simplified):	有腰带的长袖长袍
Chinese (Traditional):	有腰帶的長袖長袍
Czech:	kaftan
Danish:	kaftan
Dutch:	kaftan
Estonian:	kaftan
Finnish:	kaftaani
French:	caftan
German:	der Kaftan
Greek:	καφτάνι
Hungarian:	kaftán
Icelandic:	serkur
Indonesian:	jubah
Italian:	caffetano

Japanese:	ゆったりしたドレス
Korean:	카프탄
Latvian:	kaftans
Lithuanian:	kaftanas
Norwegian:	kaftan
Polish:	luźna szata
Portuguese (Brazil):	cafetã
Portuguese (Portugal):	caftã
Romanian:	caftan
Russian:	кафтан
Slovak:	kaftan
Slovenian:	kaftan
Spanish:	caftán
Swedish:	kaftan
Turkish:	kaftan

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Caftan

Caf"tan\, n. [Turk. qaft[=a]n: cf. F. cafetan.] A garment worn throughout the Levant, consisting of a long gown with sleeves reaching below the hands. It is generally fastened by a belt or sash.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Caftan

Caf"tan\, v. t. To clothe with a caftan. [R.]

The turbaned and caftaned damsel. --Sir W. Scott.

Browse Nearby Entries: