caftan
English
Noun
caftan (plural caftans)
- Alternative spelling of kaftan
- 1989, Dan Simmons, Hyperion, London: Headline, published 1991, page 456:
- From the pocket of her discarded caftan she lifted a thick medallion and set it in place around her neck.
- 2018, Nnedi Okorafor, Who Fears Death, HarperVoyager, page 12:
- Still, he did look striking in his long white flowing pants and a white caftan.
French
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish قفتان (kaftan).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaf.tɑ̃/
Further reading
- “caftan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
Alternative forms
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