kaftan

Definition of Kaftan in English :

1. caftan, kaftan

a woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East

2. caftan, kaftan

a (cotton or silk) cloak with full sleeves and sash reaching down to the ankles; worn by men in the Levant

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Kaftan

noun

1.

a long coatlike garment, usually worn with a belt and made of rich fabric, worn in the East

2.

an imitation of this, worn, esp by women, in the West, consisting of a loose dress with long wide sleeves

noun

caftan

n.

Variant of caftan.