fustan
See also: fustán
Albanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Byzantine Greek φουστάνιν (phoustánin). Alternatively, from Italian fustagno or Venetian fustagno (“fustian”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fustan m (plural fustane, definite fustani)
- dress (women's item of clothing)
- fustanella
- Synonym: fustanellë
- (figurative, colloquial) female. woman or girl
- (regional) skirt (of a woman)
- Synonym: fund
Declension edit
Declension of fustan
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “fustan”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (in Albanian), 1980