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# kaftan

«kaftan» 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 (kaftans)

### meaning for a pupil

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

### sense in the lessons

in the lessons, a kaftan is a fine robe that a tailor makes for a rich person or a prince

### examples

- The merchant wore a silk kaftan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kaftan/#x1)
- Grandmother sewed a kaftan for the feast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kaftan/#x2)
- This kaftan is a very fine one, said the old tailor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kaftan/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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