From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcaftancaf‧tan, kaftan /ˈkæftæn $ kæfˈtæn/ noun [countable] DCCa long loose piece of clothing, usually made of silk or cotton, and worn in the Middle East
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caftan• He asked if I had a caftan he could borrow.• He was wearing some sort of brown caftan.• It was more like a giant caftan than anything else.Origin caftan (1500-1600) Russian kaftan, from Turkish, from Persian qaftan 