Fiteni
Maltese
| Root |
|---|
| f-t-n |
| 1 term |
Etymology
Derived from Arabic فَتَّان (fattān, “tempter”).[1]
Proper noun
Fiteni
- a surname
References
- Avram, Andrei A. (2017), “On the phonology of Sicilian Arabic and early Maltese”, in Advances in Maltese Linguistics, volume 21, De Gruyter Mouton, DOI:, 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