caftan
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++caf·tan, kaftan /ˈkæftæn $ kæfˈtæn/ noun [countable] DCCa long loose piece of clothing, usually made of silk or cotton, and worn in the Middle East 〔中东人穿的丝质或棉质的〕宽松长袍
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caftan• He asked if I had a caftan he could borrow.• He was wearing some sort of brown caftan.• It was more like a giant caftan than anything else.Origin caftan (1500-1600) Russian kaftan, from Turkish, from Persian qaftancaf·tan nounChineseSyllable
of loose made Corpus long usually a piece clothing,
caftan
caf‧tan
, kaftan /ˈkæftæn $ kæfˈtæn/ noun [countable]
caf‧tan
, kaftan /ˈkæftæn $ kæfˈtæn/ noun [countable] Date: 1500-1600
Language: Russian
Origin: kaftan, from Turkish, from Persian qaftan
a long loose piece of clothing, usually made of silk or cotton, and worn in the Middle East
Language: Russian
Origin: kaftan, from Turkish, from Persian qaftan