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Kaftan

//ˈkæf.tən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean.
  2. 2
    a (cotton or silk) cloak with full sleeves and sash reaching down to the ankles; worn by men in the Levant wordnet
  3. 3
    A long dress or shirt similar in style to those worn in the Eastern Mediterranean.
  4. 4
    a woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East wordnet

Etymology

Via Russian кафта́н (kaftán), from Ottoman Turkish قفتان (kaftan), from Classical Persian خَفْتَان (xaftān), which occurs already in the Shahnameh.

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