خفتان

خفتان

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /xaftɑːn/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /xaftɒːn/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /xæftɒːn/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /xaftɔn/

Noun

Dari	خفتان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	хафтон (xafton)

خفتان • (xaftân)

1. tunic worn under armour; caftan

Descendants

• → Malay: kaftan
  • Indonesian: kaftan
• → Ottoman Turkish: قفتان‎
  • Turkish: kaftan
  • → Armenian: խաֆթան (xaftʿan)
  • → Macedonian: кафтан (kaftan)
  • → Romanian: caftan
  • → Russian: кафта́н (kaftán)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    • Cyrillic: ка̀фтан
    • Latin: kàftan

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “خفتان”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “خفتان”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul