caftan

See also: Caftan and caftán

English

Noun

caftan (plural caftans)

1. 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.

Derived terms

• caftaned

 

French

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قفتان (kaftan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaf.tɑ̃/

Noun

caftan m (plural caftans)

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

Further reading

• “caftan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• kaftan, cafetão

Noun

caftan m (plural caftans)

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قفتان (kaftan).

Noun

caftan n (plural caftane)

1. kaftan, mantle

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	caftan	caftanul		caftane	caftanele
genitive-dative	caftan	caftanului		caftane	caftanelor
vocative	caftanule			caftanelor