fustan

See also: fustán

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • fustane f — dialectal

Etymology

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek φουστάνιν (phoustánin). Alternatively, from Italian fustagno or Venetian fustagno (“fustian”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fusˈtan/
  • Rhymes: -an

Noun

fustan m (plural fustane, definite fustani)

  1. dress (women's item of clothing)
  2. fustanella
    Synonym: fustanellë
  3. (figurative, colloquial) female. woman or girl
    Synonyms: grua, vajzë
  4. (regional) skirt (of a woman)
    Synonym: fund

Declension
Declension of fustan
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative fustan fustane fustani fustanet
accusative fustanin
dative fustani fustaneve fustanit fustanevet
ablative fustanesh

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “fustan”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
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