putàna
Emilian
Etymology
Possibly from Vulgar Latin *puttāna, from Latin puta (“girl”),[1] but more likely a borrowing from Old Occitan putana, cf. Old French putaine, French putain, Sicilian buttana.[2][3]Latin putta (“prostitute”) is attested in the sixth century (Gregory of Tours). The change of meaning from "girl" to "prostitute" is due to euphemism, a process that is well known to other periods and languages.[4]
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pu‧tà‧na
Noun
putàna f (plural putàni) (Modena)
- (derogatory, vulgar slang) whore, slut, hooker, tart (British)
- (as an insult) bitch
- trollop, strumpet, whore, streetwalker
Synonyms
- luśla (Modenese)
- scaja (Modenese)
- rója (Modenese)
- nimàla (Modenese)
- sòcla (Modenese)
- vaca (Modenese)
- scarciàna (Modenese)
Related terms
- fiōl ed putàna
- porca putàna
- pùta
- putanèsca, ala putanèsca
- putanēr
- putanèda
- putanêr
- sputanamèint
References
- Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907), “puttana”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
- puttana in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- http://atilf.atilf.fr/dendien/scripts/tlfiv5/advanced.exe?8;s=250681320;
- “puttana” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN