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Etymological Dictionary of Arabic
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fūṭaẗ فُوطة , pl. fuwaṭ 
ID … • Sw – • BP … • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√FWṬ 
n.f. 
apron, pinafore; napkin, serviette; towel – WehrCowan1979. 
Etymology unclear. While Rolland2014a reproduces Al-Tûnji’s and Corriente’s view that the word is from Pers fūṭa, originally a textile from Sindh the word for which goes back to Skr, Youssef2003 pleads for a Copt < Eg etymology. Corriente2008 (as earlier in Corriente1997) speaks of an "undoubtedly Indian" origin. 
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▪ Youssef2003: from Eg fčy, Copt fōte ‘towel’1
▪ Rolland2014a: from Pers fūṭa ‘tissu rayé originaire du Sindh’, lui-même d’origine sanskrite, d’après Al-Tûnji et Corriente.
▪ Corriente2008 repeats his earlier (1997) opinion that the word is without doubt of Indian origin. 
▪ Lokotsch1927#622: Ar fūṭaẗ ‘Handtuch, Badeschürze’ > Port fota ‘eine Art Turban’, Fr foutah ‘irgendein Stoff’. From Tu futa 1 are Rum fotă ‘Schürze der Bäuerinnen’, fotiţă, Bulg futa, huta, Serb futa ‘Schürze’, Pol (dial.) futa, Ukr fofa ‘Schusterschurz’, Pol Ukr fotka ‘Schürze’. 
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FWQ فوق 
ID – • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 22Apr2023
√FWQ 
“root” 
▪ FWQ_1 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ FWQ_2 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ FWQ_3 ‘...’ ↗...

♦ Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘up, above, on top, beyond, to reach the top, gain on; to surpass, excel; to regain consciousness; to hiccup; to gasp; the time between two milkings of a she-camel in a single milking session, periods of time within the span of one night; poverty’ 
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FWL فول 
ID … • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√FWL 
“root” 
▪ FWL_1 ‘…’ ↗…
▪ FWL_2 ‘…’ ↗…
FWL_ ‘fava beans’ ↗fūl 
▪ From NWSem *pawl‑ ‘broad bean’. … 
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▪ Engl ful ↗fūl. 
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