{{Short description|Traditional Turkic and Central Asian coat}} {{for|the village in Iran|Chapan, Iran}} {{refimprove|date=October 2016}} <!-- Image with unknown copyright status removed: thumb|right|Traditional chapan of Afghanistan --> {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}} thumb|right|Former President Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan, wearing a chapan and karakul '''Chapan''' or '''chopon'''<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Davlatova |first1=Khakima |title=Man’s Traditional Clothes of in the Jizzakh Oasis |journal=International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Analysis |date=28 May 2021 |volume=04 |issue=05 |doi=10.47191/ijmra/v4-i5-26|doi-access=free }}</ref> ({{langx|fa|چپان}}; {{langx|ps|چپنه}}; {{Langx|ky|Чапан}}; {{Langx|kk|Шапан|translit=Şapan}}; {{Langx|uz|Чопон|translit=Chopon}}) is a coat worn over clothes, usually during the cold winter months. Usually worn by men, these coats are adorned with intricate threading and come in a variety of colors and patterns. It is worn in Central Asia, including Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Van Buren|first1=Jessica|title=Karzai Robe|url=http://www.utcourts.gov/lawlibrary/blog/2010/11/karzai_robe.html|date=24 November 2010|website=Utah State Law Library|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191012153304/http://www.utcourts.gov/lawlibrary/blog/2010/11/karzai_robe.html|archive-date=12 October 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> A chapan cape was often worn by former Afghan president Hamid Karzai.
The etymology of the term is believed to derive either from the Persian c''hapān,'' which means 'old', 'threadbare' and 'run-down costume'; or the Chagatai ''chāpān,'' itself derived from the Persian ''jobbe'', from the Arabic ''jubba'' meaning 'wrapper', 'cloak', 'coat' or 'outer garment'.
==See also== * Afghan clothing * Kaftan * Żupan * Adras (fabric) * Chugurma
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