خفتان

Persian

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /xaf.ˈtaːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xäf.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xäf.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xäf.t̪ʰɔ́ːn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xæf.t̪ʰɒ́ːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χäf.t̪ʰɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading^?	xaftān
Dari reading^?	xaftān
Iranian reading^?	xaftân
Tajik reading^?	xafton

Noun


Iranian Persian	خفتان
Dari	خفتان
Tajik	хафтон

خفتان • (xaftân)

tunic worn under armour; caftan

Descendants

→ Malay: kaftan
- Indonesian: kaftan
→ Ottoman Turkish: قفتان
- Turkish: kaftan
- → Armenian: խաֆթան (xaftʻan)
- → Macedonian: кафтан (kaftan)
- → Romanian: caftan
- → Russian: кафта́н (kaftán)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
  - Cyrillic script: ка̀фтан
  - Latin script: kàftan

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “خفتان”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “خفتان”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul