halāts

Borrowed from Russian хала́т (xalát), itself a borrowing from Turkic (compare Turkish halat (“rope”)), apparently also a borrowing from Byzantine Greek καλόδιο (kalódio). Ultimately from Arabic خِلْعَة (ḵilʕa, “robe of honor”).

halāts m (1st declension)

1. any flowing garment worn over the body or over other clothes and either left open or tied with a belt; e.g., dressing gowns, gowns, overalls, robes, bathrobes, doctor's coats, lab coats

   mājas halāts ― house (= dressing) gown

   ārsta halāts ― doctor's smock, coat

   darba halāts ― working smock, robe, coat

   laboratorijas halāts ― lab coat

   virs kleitas vai svārkiem, kas nēsāmi mājās, ejot uz kūti, vajadzētu uzvilkt piemērotu, viegli mazgājamu darba halātu ― over the clothes or (suit) coats that are worn at home, one should, (when) going to the barn, wear also an easily washable work robe, coat

   Džesija piecēlās sēdus un ciešāk savilka plāno katūna halātu ― Džesija sat up and tightened her thin cotton bathrobe

   divus stāvus zemāk, sanatorijas priekšā, bija piebraucis autobuss; apkāt tam pulcējās slimnieki halātos ― two floors below, in front of the sanatorium, the bus had pulled up; around it the patients had gathered, in gowns