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żupan

żupan noun: a long lined garment of West or Central Asian origin which was widely worn by noblemen in the multiethnic Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and by the Ukrainian Cossacks in the Cossack Hetmanate.

żupan: a long lined garment of West or Central Asian origin which was widely worn by noblemen in the...
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Noun

żupan (plural żupans)

  1. A long lined garment of West or Central Asian origin which was widely worn by noblemen in the multiethnic Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and by the Ukrainian Cossacks in the Cossack Hetmanate.
    • From 1652 comes the information about a żupan, a light caftan worn under another overcoat. It emerges from the sources that in the 18th century the Jewish dress was partly overcome by the West-European fashion.1989, Proceedings of the Tenth World Congress of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, August 16-24, 1989, Jerusalem: World Union of Jewish Studies, published 1990, →OCLC, page 103
    • The depiction of St. Casmir^([sic]) which appears in the aquatint is very similar; he is depicted kneeling on clouds (except in a mirror image). The differences are slight: the gesture of the left hand has been modified, the turn of his head is somewhat different, and as far as the clothing is...2006, Kronika zamkowa, Warsaw: Arx Regia, Ośrodek Wydawniczy Zamku Królewskiego w Warszawie, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 50, column 2

Forms of żupan

pluralżupans

Origin of żupan

Unadapted borrowing from Polish żupan. Doublet of jupon.

Questions about żupan

What does żupan mean?
Żupan means a long lined garment of West or Central Asian origin which was widely worn by noblemen in the multiethnic Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and by the Ukrainian Cossacks in the Cossack Hetmanate.
What part of speech is żupan?
Żupan is a noun.
What is the plural of żupan?
The plural of żupan is żupans.

Words near żupan in the dictionary

  1. Żary
  2. Żmigród
  3. Żnin
  4. Żory
  5. żubrówka
  6. żupan
  7. żupans
  8. Żyrardów
  9. Żywiec
  10. Žagarė
  11. Žakanje

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