kaftan

• caftan

Via Russian кафта́н (kaftán), from Ottoman Turkish قفتان (kaftan), from Persian خفتان (xaftân), which occurs already in the Shāhnāma.

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈkæf.tæn/
• (where?) IPA^(key): /ˈkæf.tən/

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kaftan (plural kaftans)

1. A long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean.
2. A long dress or shirt similar in style to those worn in the Eastern Mediterranean.

• kaftan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from Turkish kaftan, from Ottoman Turkish قفتان (kaftan).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaftan]
• Hyphenation: kaf‧tan

kaftan m inan

1. kaftan

• “kaftan”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kaftan”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

From Malay kaftan, from Classical Persian خفتان (xaftān).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaftan/
• Hyphenation: kaf‧tan
• Rhymes: -tan, -an, -n

kaftan (plural kaftan-kaftan)

1. kaftan

• “kaftan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قفتان.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaf.tan/

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• Rhymes: -aftan
• Syllabification: kaf‧tan

kaftan m inan (diminutive kaftanik, augmentative kaftanisko)

1. kaftan (long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean)

   Synonym: (dialectal) jaka

2. kaftan (long dress or shirt similar in style to those worn in the Eastern Mediterranean)

   Synonym: (dialectal) jaka

• kaftan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kaftan in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• kaftan in PWN's encyclopedia

kaftan m (plural kaftans)

1. alternative form of caftan

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قفتان (kaftan).

• IPA^(key): /kǎftan/
• Hyphenation: kaf‧tan

kàftan m inan (Cyrillic spelling ка̀фтан)

1. kaftan

From Ottoman Turkish قفتان (kaftan).

kaftan (definite accusative kaftanı, plural kaftanlar)

1. kaftan

• “kaftan”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “kaftan”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı