فوطة

Arabic

Etymology

Likely ultimately from Sanskrit पोत (pota, “cloth”), via Classical Persian فوطه (fūta). Alternatively, claimed to be from Sahidic Coptic ϥⲱⲧⲉ (fōte, “to wipe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuː.tˤa/

Noun

فُوطَة • (fūṭa) f (plural فُوَط (fuwaṭ))

1. towel
2. napkin
3. apron

Declension

Declension of noun فُوطَة (fūṭa)

singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	فُوطَة fūṭa	الْفُوطَة al-fūṭa	فُوطَة fūṭat
nominative	فُوطَةٌ fūṭatun	الْفُوطَةُ al-fūṭatu	فُوطَةُ fūṭatu
accusative	فُوطَةً fūṭatan	الْفُوطَةَ al-fūṭata	فُوطَةَ fūṭata
genitive	فُوطَةٍ fūṭatin	الْفُوطَةِ al-fūṭati	فُوطَةِ fūṭati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	فُوطَتَيْن fūṭatayn	الْفُوطَتَيْن al-fūṭatayn	فُوطَتَيْ fūṭatay
nominative	فُوطَتَانِ fūṭatāni	الْفُوطَتَانِ al-fūṭatāni	فُوطَتَا fūṭatā
accusative	فُوطَتَيْنِ fūṭatayni	الْفُوطَتَيْنِ al-fūṭatayni	فُوطَتَيْ fūṭatay
genitive	فُوطَتَيْنِ fūṭatayni	الْفُوطَتَيْنِ al-fūṭatayni	فُوطَتَيْ fūṭatay
plural	basic broken plural triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	فُوَط fuwaṭ	الْفُوَط al-fuwaṭ	فُوَط fuwaṭ
nominative	فُوَطٌ fuwaṭun	الْفُوَطُ al-fuwaṭu	فُوَطُ fuwaṭu
accusative	فُوَطًا fuwaṭan	الْفُوَطَ al-fuwaṭa	فُوَطَ fuwaṭa
genitive	فُوَطٍ fuwaṭin	الْفُوَطِ al-fuwaṭi	فُوَطِ fuwaṭi

Derived terms

• فُوَيْطَة (fuwayṭa, diminutive)

Descendants

• Egyptian Arabic: فوطة (fūṭa)
• Maltese: (Gozo) futa (archaic)
• Moroccan Arabic: فوطة (fūṭa)
• South Levantine Arabic: فوطة (fūṭa)
• → English: fouta
• → French: fouta, foutah
• → Portuguese: fota

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1845), Dictionnaire détaillé des noms des vêtements chez les arabes‎^[1] (in French), Amsterdam: Jean Müller, →DOI, pages 339–343

Egyptian Arabic

Root
ف و ط
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic فُوطَة (fūṭa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuː.tˤa/, [ˈfuːtˤɑ]

Noun

فوطة • (fūṭa) f (plural فوط (fiwaṭ, fuwaṭ))

1. towel
2. napkin
3. dustcloth
4. saddlecloth
5. veil, headscarf
6. menstrual pad

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic فُوطَة (fūṭa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuː.tˤa/

Noun

فوطة • (fūṭa) f (plural فواطي (fwāṭi) or فوطات (fūṭāt))

1. towel

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic فُوطَة (fūṭa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuː.tˤa/, [ˈfuːtˤɑ]

• Audio (Ramallah):

  (file)

Noun

فوطة • (fūṭa) f (plural فوط (fuwaṭ))

1. napkin, serviette
2. small towel
3. white veil of the Druze

See also

• منشفة (manšafe, “towel”), بشكير (baškīr, “towel”)