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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]

caftaned, adjective
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caf·tan or kaf·tan    Audio Help   (kāf'tān', -tən, kāf-tān')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A full-length garment with elbow-length or long sleeves, worn chiefly in eastern Mediterranean countries.
  2. 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.]

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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.

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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 

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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
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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, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Caftan

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

The turbaned and caftaned damsel. --Sir W. Scott.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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