# فوطه
## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

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

### Noun

فوطه • (futa, fota)
* apron
* 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]‎ (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, 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: [fuː.ˈta]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [fuː.t̪ʰǽ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [fuː.t̪ʰǽ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [fuː.t̪ʰǽ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [fu.t̪ʰǽ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [fuː.t̪ʰé]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [fu.t̪ʰǽ]

### Noun

فوطه • (fute)
* 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, 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