fustan

See also: fustán

Albanian

Alternative forms

• fustane f — dialectal

Etymology

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek φουστάνιν (phoustánin). Alternatively, from Italian fustagno or Venetian 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

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	fustan	fustane	fustani	fustanet
accusative			fustanin
dative	fustani	fustaneve	fustanit	fustaneve
ablative		fustanesh

Derived terms

• fustanellë
• fustenëz
• fustë

 

Further reading

• “fustan”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980