caftan

caftan (plural caftans)

1. Alternative spelling of kaftan
   • 2018, Nnedi Okorafor, Who Fears Death, HarperVoyager, page 12:

     Still, he did look striking in his long white flowing pants and a white caftan.

From Ottoman Turkish قفتان‎ (kaftan).

• IPA^(key): /kaf.tɑ̃/

caftan m (plural caftans)

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

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

• kaftan

caftan m (plural caftans)

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

From Ottoman Turkish قفتان‎ (kaftan).

caftan n (plural caftane)

1. kaftan, mantle