When you hear 'caftan' are you hearing English or Persian?

'Caftan' is a word borrowed from Persian 'kaftan'. The word entered the English language some time around 1591.

caftan [noun] [1591]

A usually cotton or silk ankle-length garment with long sleeves that is common throughout the Levant

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Etymology: Russian & Turkish; Russian 'kaftan' from Turkish, from Persian 'qaftān'

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