Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East
nouna (cotton or silk) cloak with full sleeves and sash reaching down to the ankles; worn by men in the Levant
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Classical Persianخَفْتَان
- Ottoman Turkishقفتان
- Russianкафта́н
- Englishkaftan
Via Russian кафта́н (kaftán), from Ottoman Turkish قفتان (kaftan), from Classical Persian خَفْتَان (xaftān), which occurs already in the Shahnameh.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic قَفْطَان
- قَفْطَان (qafṭān)long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean
Bulgarian кафта́н
- кафта́н (kaftán)long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean
Catalan caftà
- caftàlong tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean
Chinese Mandarin 卡夫坦
- 卡夫坦 (kǎfūtǎn)long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean
Czech kaftan
- kaftanlong tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean
Dutch kaftan
- kaftanlong tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean
Esperanto kaftano
- kaftanolong tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean
Finnish kaftaani, kauhtana
- kaftaanilong tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean
- kauhtanalong tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean
- kaftaanisimilar long tunic
- kauhtanasimilar long tunic
French caftan, cafetan
- caftanlong tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean
- cafetanlong tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean
- caftansimilar long tunic
German Kaftan
- Kaftanlong tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean
Greek καφτάνι
- καφτάνι (kaftáni)long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean
Hungarian kaftán, kaftán
- kaftánlong tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean
- kaftánsimilar long tunic
Indonesian kaftan
- kaftanlong tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean
Italian caffettano
- caffettanolong tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean
Japanese カフタン
- カフタン (kafutan)long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean
Korean 카프탄
- 카프탄 (kapeutan)long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean
Polish kaftan
- kaftanlong tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean
Portuguese caftan, kaftan
- caftanlong tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean
- kaftanlong tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean
- cafetãolong tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean
Romanian caftan
- caftanlong tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean
Russian кафта́н, кафта́н
- кафта́н (kaftán)long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean
- кафта́н (kaftán)similar long tunic
Slovak kaftan
- kaftanlong tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean
Spanish caftán, caftán
- caftánlong tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean
- caftánsimilar long tunic
Swedish kaftan
- kaftanlong tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean
Turkish kaftan
- kaftanlong tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean
Ukrainian капта́н, кафта́н
- капта́н (kaptán)long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean
- кафта́н (kaftán)long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean
Welsh cafftan, cafftan
- cafftanlong tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean
- cafftansimilar long tunic
Cite this entry
kaftan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kaftan
“kaftan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kaftan. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kaftan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kaftan.
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