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Kaftanlike vs Kaftan - What's the difference?

kaftanlike | kaftan | Derived terms |

Kaftanlike is a derived term of kaftan.


As a noun kaftan is

a long tunic worn in the eastern mediterranean.

kaftanlike

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Resembling a kaftan.
  • * 1977 , Lin Carter, The City Outside the World , Wildside Press (1999), ISBN 1587150670, page 54:
  • He had done it before and played the part now to perfection, swaggering when he had dismounted in the innyard, hooking his thumbs in his leather belt, which was worn over the kaftanlike cloak, drawn close to conceal the thermalsuit which which would have revealed him at a glance as an Outworlder.
  • * 1982 , Evelyn Stenbock, Teach Yourself to Write , Writer's Digest Books (1982), ISBN 9780898790931, page 75:
  • You would be amazed at what is hidden by those kaftanlike cloaks and veils that Moroccan women wear!
  • * 2005 , Alan Lightman, A Sense of the Mysterious: Science and the Human Spirit , Vintage Books (2005), ISBN 9781400078196, page 14:
  • He sported long red hair, starting to thin, a red beard, sandals, loose kaftanlike shirts splotched with colors, sometimes a gold chain around his neck.
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  • kaftan

    English

    (wikipedia kaftan)

    Alternative forms

    * caftan

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean.
  • A long dress or shirt similar in style to those worn in the Eastern Mediterranean.
  • Derived terms

    * kaftanlike