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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.

1. Corriente2008 gives the meaning ‘to wipe’ rather than ‘towel’. – I could not find Eg fčy in my references, but only Eg ftt ‘to wipe out, off’ and fd ‘id.’

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▪ 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’.

1. 1380 Şeyḫoğlu, Marzubānnāme terc.: seccāde-i murassaʕ sūfiyāne omızına bırakmış, fūṭa-i ṣabūrı ṭolanmış; <1451 anon., Ferec baʕd eş-şidde, beni çıplak eyleŋ, fūṭa tutunayım, gireyim, bunları çıkarayım ‒ NişanyanSözlük 24Aug2015.

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