Home › Words › S › sarafansarafansarafan means A traditional long, trapeze-shaped Russian pinafore worn by women and girls.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, sarafan ranks #11,058 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom Russian сарафа́н (sarafán), from Turkic, from Persian سراپا (sarâpâ, literally “from head to foot”). Doublet of sarapa.nounA traditional long, trapeze-shaped Russian pinafore worn by women and girls.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).