"kaftan" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkæf.tæn/ [UK, US], /ˈkæf.tən/ (note: where?) Audio: en-us-kaftan.ogg , en-au-kaftan.ogg Forms: kaftans [plural]
Etymology: Via Russian кафта́н (kaftán), from Ottoman Turkish قفتان (kaftan), from Persian خفتان (xaftân), which occurs already in the Shāhnāma. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ru|кафта́н}} Russian кафта́н (kaftán), {{der|en|ota|قفتان|tr=kaftan}} Ottoman Turkish قفتان (kaftan), {{der|en|fa|خفتان|tr=xaftân}} Persian خفتان (xaftân) Head templates: {{en-noun}} kaftan (plural kaftans)
  1. A long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean. Categories (topical): Clothing Translations (long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean): قَفْطَان (qafṭān) [masculine] (Arabic), caftà [masculine] (Catalan), kaftan [masculine] (Czech), kaftan [masculine] (Dutch), kaftano (Esperanto), kaftaani (Finnish), caftan [masculine] (French), cafetan [masculine] (French), Kaftan [masculine] (German), kaftán (Hungarian), kaftan (Indonesian), カフタン (kafutan) (Japanese), кавтан (kavtan) (Kalmyk), кафтан (kaftan) (Kyrgyz), узун чапан (uzun capan) (Kyrgyz), кафтан (kaftan) [masculine] (Macedonian), قفتان (kaftan) (Ottoman Turkish), خفتان (xaftân) (Persian), kaftan [masculine] (Polish), caftan [masculine] (Portuguese), kaftan [masculine] (Portuguese), cafetão [masculine] (Portuguese), кафта́н (kaftán) [masculine] (Russian), ка̀фтан [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kàftan [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ӧрмӧк (örmök) (Southern Altai), caftán [masculine] (Spanish), kaftan [common-gender] (Swedish), kaftan (Turkish), cafftan [masculine] (Welsh), хаптаан (qaptaan) (Yakut) Translations (similar long tunic): kaftaani (Finnish), kauhtana (Finnish), caftan [masculine] (French), kaftán (Hungarian), kaftana (Ingrian), кавтан (kavtan) (Kalmyk), кафтан (kaftan) (Kyrgyz), узун чапан (uzun capan) (Kyrgyz), кафтан (kaftan) [masculine] (Macedonian), кафта́н (kaftán) [masculine] (Russian), caftán [masculine] (Spanish), cafftan [masculine] (Welsh), хаптаан (qaptaan) (Yakut)
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  2. A long dress or shirt similar in style to those worn in the Eastern Mediterranean.
    Sense id: en-kaftan-en-noun-v9ZhdM3H Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 21 26 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: caftan Derived forms: kaftanlike

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "tr": "kaftan"
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    {
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      "tags": [
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    }
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        "A long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean."
      ],
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          "tunic"
        ],
        [
          "Mediterranean",
          "Mediterranean"
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    },
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        "A long dress or shirt similar in style to those worn in the Eastern Mediterranean."
      ],
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          "dress"
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          "shirt"
        ]
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈkæf.tæn/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
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      "ipa": "/ˈkæf.tən/",
      "note": "where?"
    },
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "qafṭān",
      "sense": "long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "قَفْطَان"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "caftà"
    },
    {
      "code": "chg",
      "lang": "Chagatai",
      "note": "[script needed] (ermek)",
      "sense": "long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kaftan"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kaftan"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean",
      "word": "kaftano"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean",
      "word": "kaftaani"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "caftan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cafetan"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kaftan"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean",
      "word": "kaftán"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean",
      "word": "kaftan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kafutan",
      "sense": "long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean",
      "word": "カフタン"
    },
    {
      "code": "xal",
      "lang": "Kalmyk",
      "roman": "kavtan",
      "sense": "long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean",
      "word": "кавтан"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "kaftan",
      "sense": "long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean",
      "word": "кафтан"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "uzun capan",
      "sense": "long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean",
      "word": "узун чапан"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kaftan",
      "sense": "long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кафтан"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "kaftan",
      "sense": "long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean",
      "word": "قفتان"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xaftân",
      "sense": "long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean",
      "word": "خفتان"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kaftan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "caftan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kaftan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cafetão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kaftán",
      "sense": "long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кафта́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ка̀фтан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kàftan"
    },
    {
      "code": "alt",
      "lang": "Southern Altai",
      "roman": "örmök",
      "sense": "long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean",
      "word": "ӧрмӧк"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "caftán"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kaftan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean",
      "word": "kaftan"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cafftan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sah",
      "lang": "Yakut",
      "roman": "qaptaan",
      "sense": "long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean",
      "word": "хаптаан"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "similar long tunic",
      "word": "kaftaani"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "similar long tunic",
      "word": "kauhtana"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "similar long tunic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "caftan"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "similar long tunic",
      "word": "kaftán"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "similar long tunic",
      "word": "kaftana"
    },
    {
      "code": "xal",
      "lang": "Kalmyk",
      "roman": "kavtan",
      "sense": "similar long tunic",
      "word": "кавтан"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "kaftan",
      "sense": "similar long tunic",
      "word": "кафтан"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "uzun capan",
      "sense": "similar long tunic",
      "word": "узун чапан"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kaftan",
      "sense": "similar long tunic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кафтан"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kaftán",
      "sense": "similar long tunic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кафта́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "similar long tunic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "caftán"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "similar long tunic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cafftan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sah",
      "lang": "Yakut",
      "roman": "qaptaan",
      "sense": "similar long tunic",
      "word": "хаптаан"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kaftan"
}

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