caftan

UK: /ˈkæftæn/ US: /ˈkæftæn, kæfˈtæn/ ,(kaf′tan, kaf tan′)

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caf•tan or kaf•tan /ˈkæftæn, kæfˈtæn/   n. [countable]

1. Clothing a long garment with long sleeves, sometimes with a sash at the waist, worn chiefly in the Middle East.

caf•taned, adj. 

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caf•tan  (kaf′tan, kaf tan′), n. 

1. Clothing a long garment having long sleeves and tied at the waist by a girdle, worn under a coat in the Middle East.
2. Clothing 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. 

• Persian qaftān
• Turkish
• Russian kaftán
• 1585–95

caf′taned, adj. 

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caftan / ˈkæfˌtæn -ˌtɑːn/ noun

1. a variant spelling of kaftan

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kaf•tan  (kaf′tan, -tən, kaf tan′), n. 

1. Clothing caftan.

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kaftan, caftan / ˈkæftæn -ˌtɑːn/ noun

1. a long coatlike garment, usually worn with a belt and made of rich fabric, worn in the Middle East
2. an imitation of this, worn, esp by women, in the West, consisting of a loose dress with long wide sleeves

Etymology: 16th Century: from Turkish qaftān