кафтан
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кафтан
Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قفتان (kaftan), from Classical Persian خفتان (xaftān).
Pronunciation
Noun
кафта́н • (kaftán) m
- (historical) kaftan (tunic, historically worn by the upper class in Middle Eastern societies)
Declension
Declension of кафта́н
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | кафта́н kaftán |
кафта́ни kaftáni |
| definite (subject form) |
кафта́нът kaftánǎt |
кафта́ните kaftánite |
| definite (object form) |
кафта́на kaftána | |
| count form | — | кафта́на kaftána |
Coordinate terms
- ту́ника (túnika, “tunic”) (worn in the Roman Empire)
- ро́ба (róba, “robe”) (worn by Western European upper class)
References
- “кафтан”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “кафтан”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Macedonian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قفتان (kaftan).
Pronunciation
Noun
ка́фтан • (káftan) m (plural ка́фтани)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | кафтан (kaftan) | кафтани (kaftani) |
| definite unspecified | кафтанот (kaftanot) | кафтаните (kaftanite) |
| definite proximal | кафтанов (kaftanov) | кафтаниве (kaftanive) |
| definite distal | кафтанон (kaftanon) | кафтанине (kaftanine) |
| vocative | кафтану (kaftanu) кафтане (kaftane) |
кафтани (kaftani) |
| count form | — | кафтана (kaftana) |
References
- “кафтан” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قفتان (kaftan).
Pronunciation
Noun
кафта́н • (kaftán) m inan (genitive кафта́на, nominative plural кафта́ны, genitive plural кафта́нов)
Declension
Declension of кафта́н (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a)
Descendants
- → Ingrian: kaftana
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قفتان (kaftan).
Pronunciation
Noun
ка̀фтан m (Latin spelling kàftan)