fustanellë
Albanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Ottoman Turkish فستان (fistan, fustan) + Italian -ella. Compare Greek φουστανέλα (foustanéla), Romanian fustanelă.
Noun
[edit]fustanellë f (plural fustanella, definite fustanella)
- fustanella (traditional Tosk white kilt for men)
- Synonym: fustan
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “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][1] (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, , page 115