fustan

See also: fustán

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek φουστάνιν (phoustánin). Alternatively, from Italian fustagno or Venetan 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
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fustan fustani fustane fustanet
accusative fustanin
dative fustani fustanit fustaneve fustaneve
ablative fustanesh

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “fustan”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “fustan”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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