Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Anatolian Turkish فوطه (fuṭa), from Classical Persian فوطه (fūta).

Noun edit

فوطه (futa, fota)

  1. apron
  2. bath-wrapper

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Lokotsch, Karl (1927) Etymologisches Wörterbuch der europäischen Wörter orientalischen Ursprungs (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, § 622, pages 49–50
  • Kakuk, Suzanne (1973) “futa”, in Recherches sur l’histoire de la langue osmanlie des XVIe et XVIIe siècles. Les éléments osmanlis de la langue hongroise (Near and Middle East Monographs; 17) (in French), The Hague and Paris: Mouton, page 157
  • Öztürk, Özhan (2005) “fota”, in Karadeniz: Ansiklopedik Sözlük [Black Sea: Encyclopaedic Dictionary]‎[1] (in Turkish), volume I, Istanbul: Heyamola Yayınları, page 394a
  • Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 147b
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “فوطه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1400
  • Tietze, Andreas (2009) “futa / fıta I”, in Tarihi ve Etimolojik Türkiye Türkçesi Lügati [Historical and Etymological Dictionary of Turkish] (in Turkish), volume II, Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, page 87b

Persian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From an Indian language, ultimately from Sanskrit पोत (pota, cloth). The spelling with ط is an orthographic reborrowing from Arabic فُوطَة (fūṭa).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? fūta
Dari reading? fūta
Iranian reading? fute
Tajik reading? futa

Noun edit

فوطه (fute)

  1. apron, towel, waistwrap (especially worn in baths)

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “فوطه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
  • Lokotsch, Karl (1927) Etymologisches Wörterbuch der europäischen Wörter orientalischen Ursprungs (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, § 622, pages 49–50
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) “pustakam”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 319
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) “potaḥ²”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 347
  • Rackow, Ernst (1958) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der materiellen Kultur Nordwest-Marokkos: Wohnraum, Hausrat, Kostüm[3], Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, pages 31–32 and footnote 1
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “فوطة”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pōta²”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 477