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Aromanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پشتمال (peştamal, peştemal). Doublet of pistimali (“apron”).
Noun
pishtamal n (plural pishtamãlj)
- towel
- Synonyms: prusopi, pitsetã, pischiri, ilãcã
References
- Cunia, Tiberius (2010) “pishtamal”, in Dictsiunar a Limbãljei Armãneascã (in Aromanian), Constanța: Editura Cartea Aromãnã, page 828a
- Papahagi, T. (1974) “piştamál”, in Dicționarul dialectului aromân, general și etimologic, 2nd edition (overall work in Romanian and French), Bucharest, page 984