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.tˤuːn/
• (Lower Egypt, extinct) IPA^(key): /ʔaj.tˤuːn/, /ʔa.tˤuːn/
• (Upper Egypt, extinct) IPA^(key): /ɡaj.tˤuːn/, /ɡa.tˤuːn/
• (Libya)
  • (Cyrenaica) IPA^(key): /ɡiː.tˤuːn/
  • (Phazania, Tripolitania) IPA^(key): /ɡi.tˤuːn/
  • (Jews of Tripoli) IPA^(key): /qi.tˤuːn/
• (Tunisia)
  • (Tunis) IPA^(key): /ɡiː.tˤuːn/
  • (Sousse) IPA^(key): /ɡi.tˤuːn/
  • (Marazīq) IPA^(key): /ɡaː.tˤuːn/
• (Algeria)
  • (Algiers, Dellys) IPA^(key): /ɡiː.tˤuːn/
  • (Western) IPA^(key): /ɡiː.tˤoːn/
  • (Maġniyya) IPA^(key): /ɡeː.tˤoːn/
• (Morocco)
  • (Northeastern) IPA^(key): /ɡiː.tˤoːn/
  • (Casablanca) IPA^(key): /ɡiː.tˤuːn/
  • (North, Fez region, Meknes region) IPA^(key): /qiː.tˤuːn/, /qaj.tˤuːn/
  • (Ḵamīsa) IPA^(key): /ɡeː.tˤoːn/
• (Al-Andalus, extinct) IPA^(key): /qaj.tˤuːn/
• (Hassaniya) IPA^(key): /ɡeː.tˤuːn/, /ɡiː.tˤuːn/

Noun

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

1. 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
	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
	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 (2012) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band II: Materielle Kultur (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100/II) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, 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^[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 378
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “قيطون”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 2991
• Vollers, Karl (1897) “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎^[3] (in German), volume 51, page 302