Fiteni
Maltese
[edit]| Root |
|---|
| f-t-n |
| 1 term |
Etymology
[edit]Derived from Arabic فَتَّان (fattān, “tempter”).[1]
Proper noun
[edit]Fiteni
- a surname
References
[edit]- ^ Avram, Andrei A. (2017) “On the phonology of Sicilian Arabic and early Maltese”, in Advances in Maltese Linguistics, volume 21, De Gruyter Mouton, , page 6: “*fattān > fiteni 1419”
- Wettinger, Godfrey (1968) “The distribution of surnames in Malta in 1419 and in the 1480s.”, in Journal of Maltese Studies, volume 5, page 38