خفتان

Persian

Alternative forms

خفدان (xafdān / xafdân), قفطان (qaftān / ġaftân, quftān / ġoftân)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /xif.ˈtaːn/, /xaf.ˈtaːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɪf.t̪ʰɑ́ːn], [xäf.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xɪf.t̪ʰɑ́ːn], [xäf.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xif.t̪ʰɔ́ːn], [xäf.t̪ʰɔ́ːn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xef.t̪ʰɒ́ːn], [xæf.t̪ʰɒ́ːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χif.t̪ʰɔ́n], [χäf.t̪ʰɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading^?	xiftān, xaftān
Dari reading^?	xiftān, xaftān
Iranian reading^?	xeftân, xaftân
Tajik reading^?	xifton, xafton

Noun

خفتان • (xiftān, xaftān / xeftân, xaftân) (Tajik spelling хифтон, or хафтон)

tunic worn under armour; caftan

Descendants

→ Malay: kaftan
- Indonesian: kaftan
→ Ottoman Turkish: قفتان
- Turkish: kaftan
- → Armenian: խաֆթան (xaftʻan)
- → Macedonian: кафтан (kaftan)
- → Romanian: caftan
- → Russian: кафта́н (kaftán)
  - → English: kaftan, caftan
  - → Finnish: kauhtana
  - → Ingrian: kaftana, kauhtana (dated)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
  - Cyrillic script: ка̀фтан
  - Latin script: 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