פשתני

Hebrew

Etymology

Derived from פִּשְׁתָּן (pishtán, “flax, linen”) +‎ ־ִי (-í).

Pronunciation

Adjective

פִּשְׁתָּנִי • (pishtaní) (feminine פִּשְׁתָּנִית, masculine plural פִּשְׁתָּנִים or פִּשְׁתָּנִיִּים, feminine plural פִּשְׁתָּנִיּוֹת)

  1. (Modern Israeli Hebrew) flaxen, made of flax or linen
  2. (Mishnaic Hebrew) working with flax or selling it

References

  • Klein, Ernest (1987) “פִּשְׁתָּנִי”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 535c
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎[2], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 1249b
  • “פשתני” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
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