kaftan

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun a woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East
noun a (cotton or silk) cloak with full sleeves and sash reaching down to the ankles; worn by men in the Levant

Via Russian кафта́н (kaftán), from Ottoman Turkish قفتان (kaftan), from Classical Persian خَفْتَان (xaftān), which occurs already in the Shahnameh.

Labakan came first and spread out his kaftan before the eyes of the astonished king. — The Crimson Fairy Book, Andrew Lang
This Gorstkin looks like a peasant, he wears a blue kaftan, but he is a regular rogue. — The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
I hurried forward to pick it up, just in time, for an old wretch in a long kaftan rushed up too. — The Idiot, Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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