Etymology

sarafan

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Today it means: A traditional long, trapeze-shaped Russian pinafore worn by women and girls. Full definition →

Russian сарафа́н ← Turkic ← Persian سراپا
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  1. Persian · derived fromسراپا
  2. Turkic · derived from
  3. Russian · borrowed fromсарафа́н
  4. English todaysarafan

From Russian сарафа́н (sarafán), from Turkic, from Persian سراپا (sarâpâ, literally “from head to foot”). Doublet of sarapa.

Words from the same roots

Persianسراپا all →

sarapa

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.