فُسْتان — "dress" in Egyptian Arabic
فُسْتان
fustān
dress
- Topic
- clothing jewelry and accessories
- Seen in
- 6 of our stories
فُسْتان in a sentence
Every sentence below is taken from a story on Parallel Arabic, so you can see how the word behaves in real context rather than in isolation.
أمي بتقولي إن اختيار الفستان زي اختيار رئيس الجمهورية صعب
Ommi betʾūli en ekhtiyār el-fostān zayy ekhtiyār raʾīs el-gomhūrīya ṣaʿb.
My mom tells me that choosing the dress is as difficult as choosing the President of the Republic.
اشترينا فستان ابيض جميل اوي للعروسة
eshtareyna fostan abyad gameel awy lel arosa
We bought a very beautiful white dress for the bride.
from My Sister's Wedding
الفرح كبير والفستان حلو
El-farah kebir wa el-fostan helw
The wedding is big and the dress is pretty
from Wedding Preparation
اشترينا لها فستان حلو لونه كحلي عشان هي بتحب الوان غامقة
eshtareyna laha fostaan helw lono kohli ashan heyya betheb alwaan ghamqa
We bought her a nice dress, its color is navy blue, because she likes dark colors.
انا رايحه اشتري حاجات من السوق بس كان لازم ارجع الفستان و كنت زعلانه
ana rayha ashtiri hagat min es souq bas kan lazem araggaa el fostan wa kont zaalana
I am going to buy some things from the market but I had to return the dress and I was sad.
from Returning the Dress
هي شافت فستان حلو اوي في محل صغير
Heyya shafet fostan helw awi fi mahal soghayyar.
She saw a very nice dress in a small shop.
from Nahla Goes Shopping