köken: 1788, of obscure origin. Three hypotheses are: * French blousse (“scraps of wool”), from Occitan lano blouso (“pure or short wool”), from blous, blos (“pure, empty, bare”), from Old High German blōz (“naked, bare”) (German bloß (“bare”)) * A conflation of the aforementioned and French bliaud, bliaut (a kind of smock or robe, whence English bliaus, bliaut), from Old French bliau, also from…
any flowing garment worn over the body or over other clothes and either left open or tied with a belt; e.g., dressing gowns, gowns, overalls, robes, bathrobes, doctor's coats, lab coats
çekim: çoğul halāti · tamlayan halāta
köken: Borrowed from Russian хала́т (xalát), itself a borrowing from Turkic (compare Turkish halat (“rope”)), apparently also a borrowing from Byzantine Greek καλόδιο (kalódio). Ultimately from Arabic خِلْعَة (ḵilʕa, “robe of honor”).