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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; < Russian kaftán < Turkish < Persian qaftān
1585–95; < Russian kaftán < Turkish < Persian qaftān
Related forms
caf·taned, adjective
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Caftan
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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Word Origin & History
caftan
1590s, "long tunic worn in Turkey, etc.," from Turk. qaftan, (also in Arabic), from Persian khaftan. As a similar shirt or dress style in the West, it is attested from c.1965.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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caftan
man's full-length garment of ancient Mesopotamian origin, worn throughout the Middle East. It is usually made of cotton or silk or a combination of the two
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