putana

From puta +‎ -ana.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [puˈta.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [puˈta.na]

putana f (plural putanes)

1. (archaic, vulgar) whore, bitch

• putaner

• “putana”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “putana” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Old Spanish putana, from Old French putain.

putana f

1. (vulgar) whore

• putanna

From Old French putain, from Vulgar Latin putta, from Latin puta, feminine of putus (“boy”).

• IPA^(key): /puˈtana/

putana f (plural putanas)

1. prostitute, harlot
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 6r:

     viola iuda cubierta e nola cõnoçio. E cuedo q̃ era putana. E dixol ẏaz comẏgo ⁊ dẏxo ella q̃ me daras. Acordarõ ſe q̃l dieſſe uncabrito e diol pẽnos ſo anẏello. Ela cinta q̃ cinnẏa. E el blago q̃ tenẏa. en su mano.

     Judah saw her covered and did not recognize her, and he thought she was a prostitute. And he said to her, “Lay with me”, and she replied, “What will you give me?” They agreed he would give her a young goat, and he pledged her his ring and his girdle and the staff he had in his hand.

• Ladino: putana