فُوطَةٌ
Root: فوط
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فُوطَةٌ
sing. of فُوَطٌ, which signifies Cloths that are brought from Es-Sind, thick, or coarse, and short, used as waistwrappers: or striped waistwrappers: Az says, I have not heard this word in aught of the language of the Arabs, and I know not whether it be an Arabic word or of the language of the foreigners, but I have seen in El-Koofeh striped waist-wrappers, which are sold, and are bought by the camel-drivers and the Arabs of the desert and the servants and the people of the lowest sort, who use them as waist-wrappers, and call them thus; sing. فُوطَةٌ: IDrd says that it is not an Arabic word: it is added in the K, or it is a word of the language of Es-Sind: Sgh says, فوطه is a word of the language of Es-Sind, arabicized, from پُوتَه, with a dammeh not fully sounded: [and SM adds,] it is called with us in El-Yemen, أَزْهَرِيَّة: and by reason of frequency of usage, they have derived from it the verb above-mentioned. The dim. of فُوطَةٌ is
. [See also De Sacy's Chrest. Arabe, see. ed., i. 195.]
2 It is also applied to Short napkins, with striped extremities, woven at El-Mahalleh ElKubrà, in Egypt, which a man puts upon his knees to preserve himself therewith [from being soiled] at meals [and with which the hands are wiped after washing].
2 It is also applied to Short napkins, with striped extremities, woven at El-Mahalleh ElKubrà, in Egypt, which a man puts upon his knees to preserve himself therewith [from being soiled] at meals [and with which the hands are wiped after washing].
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