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