kaftan
[kaf-tan, -tuh n, kaf-tan]
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noun
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Historical Examples of kaftan
He fumbled and tugged with one hand at the breast of his kaftan.
The ScapegoatHall Caine
The dragoman is exquisitely arrayed, galabeah and kaftan gray-blue, with a pink petticoat, and a white one under that.
It Happened in EgyptC. N. Williamson
He went to his son and begged that he would humour his mother, who had set her heart on his making a kaftan.
The Crimson Fairy BookVarious
Labakan came first and spread out his kaftan before the eyes of the astonished king.
The Crimson Fairy BookVarious
Certainly this kaftan is a very fine one, but I should like to know what master taught this young man how to make clothes.'
The Crimson Fairy BookVarious
kaftan
caftan
noun
Word Origin for kaftan
C16: from Turkish qaftān
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