caftan

See also: Caftan and caftán

English

Pronunciation

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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.

   • 2025 August 13, Jennifer Weiner, “In ‘And Just Like That …’ a Craven Era Took Its Revenge on Youth and Hope and Fun”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     […] there’s always “The Golden Girls.” Less couture, more caftans; less Gramercy Park townhouses, more Miami ranch houses, but all the joy and laughs that “And Just Like That …” didn’t deliver.

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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)

Further reading

• “caftan”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

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