فوطه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

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

Noun

فوطه • (futa, fota)

1. apron
2. bath-wrapper

Descendants

• Turkish: futa, fıta, fota, foda
• → Albanian: futë
• → Aromanian: futã, fotã
• → Bulgarian: фу́та (fúta), фота (fota)
• → Georgian: ფუტა (puṭa), ფოტა (poṭa), ფუთა (puta)
• → Greek: φουτάς (foutás)
• → Hungarian: futa, fúta, fota
• → Laz: ჶოტა (foťa)
• → Macedonian: фута (futa)
• → Mingrelian: ფოტა (poṭa), ფოტი (poṭi), ⇒ ფოტინე (poṭine)
• → Old East Slavic: фота (fota), фата (fata)
  • Russian: фата́ (fatá)
  • Ukrainian: фо́та (fóta)
• → Polish: fota
• → Pontic Greek: φοτά (fotá)
• → Romanian: fotă
• → Serbo-Croatian: fȕta / фу̏та

References

• 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

Alternative forms

• فوته (fute)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [fuː.ˈta]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fuː.t̪ʰǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fuː.t̪ʰǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fuː.t̪ʰǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fu.t̪ʰǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [fuː.t̪ʰé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [fu.t̪ʰǽ]

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

Noun

فوطه • (fute)

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

Descendants

• → Arabic: فُوطَة (fūṭa) (likely)
  • Egyptian Arabic: فوطة (fūṭa)
  • Moroccan Arabic: فوطة (fūṭa)
  • South Levantine Arabic: فوطة (fūṭa)
  • → English: fouta
  • → French: fouta, foutah
  • → Portuguese: fota
• → Old Anatolian Turkish: فوطه (fuṭa)
  • Classical Azerbaijani: futə
    • Azerbaijani: fitə
  • Ottoman Turkish: فوطه (futa, fota)
    • Turkish: futa, fıta, fota, foda
    • → Albanian: futë
    • → Aromanian: futã, fotã
    • → Bulgarian: фу́та (fúta), фота (fota)
    • → Georgian: ფუტა (puṭa), ფოტა (poṭa), ფუთა (puta)
    • → Greek: φουτάς (foutás)
    • → Hungarian: futa, fúta, fota
    • → Laz: ჶოტა (foťa)
    • → Macedonian: фута (futa)
    • → Mingrelian: ფოტა (poṭa), ფოტი (poṭi), ⇒ ფოტინე (poṭine)
    • → Old East Slavic: фота (fota), фата (fata)
      • Russian: фата́ (fatá)
      • Ukrainian: фо́та (fóta)
    • → Polish: fota
    • → Pontic Greek: φοτά (fotá)
    • → Romanian: fotă
    • → Serbo-Croatian: fȕta / фу̏та

References

• 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