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# caftan

«caftan» in Mova's school dictionary: **A long, loose robe with wide sleeves, worn in parts of…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (caftan, caftans)

### meaning for a pupil

A long, loose robe with wide sleeves, worn in parts of the Middle East and North Africa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caftan/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, the clothes that a rich or royal person might wear; «a red caftan» is a fine gift

### examples

- The king sent a red caftan to the boy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caftan/#x1)
- Her caftan swept the floor as she walked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caftan/#x2)
- He wore a long blue caftan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caftan/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «caftan» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caftan/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.