fustanellë

Albanian

Etymology

Ultimately from Ottoman Turkish فستان (fistan, fustan) +‎ Italian -ella. Compare Greek φουστανέλα (foustanéla), Romanian fustanelă.

Noun

fustanellë f (plural fustanella, definite fustanella)

  1. fustanella (traditional Tosk white kilt for men)
    Synonym: fustan

Further reading
  • “fustanellë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • “fustanellë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
  • Meyer, G. (1891) “fustán”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 115
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