قيطون

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed in an urban environment from Aramaic קִיטֹונָא‎ (qīṭūnā) /‎ ܩܱܝܛܘܿܢܳܐ‎ (qayṭōnā, “bed chamber”), absolute state קִיטֹון‎ (qīṭūn) /‎ ܩܱܝܛܘܿܢ‎ (qayṭōn), from Ancient Greek κοιτών (koitṓn). According to Behnstedt and Woidich a genuine formation قَطَن‎ (qaṭan) from the root ق ط ن‎ (q-ṭ-n) cannot be excluded to partake in some dialectal areas, whereas influence of French coton in the course of the French building their colonial empire, though the meaning be in some samples “European-style tent”, is unlikely because of tents of cotton existing before.

Pronunciation

(literary) IPA^(key): /qaj.tˁuːn/
(Egypt, extinct) IPA^(key): /qaj.tˁuːn/, /qaː.tˁuːn/
(Libya)
- (Cyrenaica) IPA^(key): /ɡiː.tˁuːn/
- (Phazania, Tripolitania) IPA^(key): /ɡi.tˁuːn/
- (Jews of Tripoli) IPA^(key): /qi.tˁuːn/
(Tunisia)
- (Tunis) IPA^(key): /ɡiː.tˁuːn/
- (Sousse) IPA^(key): /ɡi.tˁuːn/
- (Marazīq) IPA^(key): /ɡaː.tˁuːn/
(Algeria)
- (Algiers, Dellys) IPA^(key): /ɡiː.tˁuːn/
- (Western) IPA^(key): /ɡiː.tˁoːn/
- (Maġniyya) IPA^(key): /ɡeː.tˁoːn/
(Morocco)
- (Northeastern) IPA^(key): /ɡiː.tˁoːn/
- (Casablanca) IPA^(key): /ɡiː.tˁuːn/
- (Ḵamīsa) IPA^(key): /ɡeː.tˁoːn/
(Al-Andalus, extinct) IPA^(key): /qaj.tˁuːn/
(Ḥassānīya) IPA^(key): /ɡeː.tˁuːn/, /ɡiː.tˁuːn/

Noun

قَيْطُون • (qayṭūn) m (plural قَيَاطِين‎ (qayāṭīn))

little room, small chamber, attached to a large chamber, closet, pantry, vault, cellar, porch, pavilion, tent in a tent

Declension

Declension of noun قَيْطُون (qayṭūn)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَيْطُون qayṭūn	الْقَيْطُون‎ al-qayṭūn	قَيْطُون qayṭūn
Nominative	قَيْطُونٌ qayṭūnun	الْقَيْطُونُ‎ al-qayṭūnu	قَيْطُونُ qayṭūnu
Accusative	قَيْطُونًا‎ qayṭūnan	الْقَيْطُونَ‎ al-qayṭūna	قَيْطُونَ qayṭūna
Genitive	قَيْطُونٍ qayṭūnin	الْقَيْطُونِ‎ al-qayṭūni	قَيْطُونِ qayṭūni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَيْطُونَيْن‎ qayṭūnayn	الْقَيْطُونَيْن‎ al-qayṭūnayn	قَيْطُونَيْ‎ qayṭūnay
Nominative	قَيْطُونَانِ‎ qayṭūnāni	الْقَيْطُونَانِ‎ al-qayṭūnāni	قَيْطُونَا‎ qayṭūnā
Accusative	قَيْطُونَيْنِ‎ qayṭūnayni	الْقَيْطُونَيْنِ‎ al-qayṭūnayni	قَيْطُونَيْ‎ qayṭūnay
Genitive	قَيْطُونَيْنِ‎ qayṭūnayni	الْقَيْطُونَيْنِ‎ al-qayṭūnayni	قَيْطُونَيْ‎ qayṭūnay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَيَاطِين‎ qayāṭīn	الْقَيَاطِين‎ al-qayāṭīn	قَيَاطِين‎ qayāṭīn
Nominative	قَيَاطِينُ‎ qayāṭīnu	الْقَيَاطِينُ‎ al-qayāṭīnu	قَيَاطِينُ‎ qayāṭīnu
Accusative	قَيَاطِينَ‎ qayāṭīna	الْقَيَاطِينَ‎ al-qayāṭīna	قَيَاطِينَ‎ qayāṭīna
Genitive	قَيَاطِينَ‎ qayāṭīna	الْقَيَاطِينِ‎ al-qayāṭīni	قَيَاطِينِ‎ qayāṭīni

Descendants

→ French: guitoune
→ Ge'ez: ቀይጡን (ḳäyṭun)
→ Kabyle: aqiḍun
→ Portuguese: alquitão
→ Siwi: agiṭun

References

“qyṭwn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
Behnstedt, Peter; Woidich, Manfred, editors (2012) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band II: Materielle Kultur (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100/II) (in German), Leiden: Brill, pages 58–61
Behnstedt, Peter; Woidich, Manfred (2013), “About Bedouin Tents and Other Tents, or “Tent Terminology as an Example of Semantic Shift””, in Clive Holes and Rudolf de Jong, editors, Ingham of Arabia. A Collection of Articles Presented as a Tribute to the Career of Bruce Ingham, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1–10
Corriente, Federico (2008), “alquitão”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 168
Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “قيطون”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 378
Lane, Edward William (1863), “قيطون”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2991
Vollers, Karl (1897), “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎ (in German), volume 51, page 302

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