خفتان

Persian

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /xafˈtɑːn/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /xafˈtɑːn/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /xæfˈtɒːn/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /xafˈtɔn/

Noun

Iranian Persian	خفتان
Dari	خفتان
Tajik	хафтон (xafton)

خفتان • (xaftân)

tunic worn under armour; caftan

Descendants

→ Malay: kaftan
- Indonesian: kaftan
→ Ottoman Turkish: قفتان‎
- Turkish: kaftan
- → Armenian: խաֆթան (xaftʿan)
- → Macedonian: кафтан (kaftan)
- → Romanian: caftan
- → Russian: кафта́н (kaftán)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
  - Cyrillic script: ка̀фтан
  - Latin script: kàftan

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “خفتان”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “خفتان”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

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