فستان (fustaan) — "dress" in Modern Standard Arabic
فستان
fustaan
dress
- Topic
- clothing
- Seen in
- 4 of our stories
"dress" in the other dialects
فستان 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.
لاحظت سارة ان الفستان الذي اشترته لم يكن مناسبا لها
Lahazat Sarah anna al-fustan alladhi ishtarat-hu lam yakun munasiban laha
Sarah noticed that the dress she bought was not suitable for her
from Returning a Dress
شعرت مريم ببعض التردد قبل ان تعيد الفستان الى المحل
Sha'arat Maryam bi-ba'd at-taraddud qabl an tu'id al-fustan ila al-mahall.
Maryam felt some hesitation before returning the dress to the shop.
from Returning the Dress
اجابت لينا انا بخير شكرا لك وبدأت تبحث عن فستان جميل
Ajabat Lina ana bi-khayr shukran laki wa bada'at tabhathu 'an fustanun jameel.
Lina replied, "I am fine, thank you," and started looking for a beautiful dress.
from A Happy Shopping Day
جربت الفستان وكان المقاس مناسبا جدا
Jarrabtu al-fustan wa kana al-miqas munasiban jiddan
I tried on the dress and the size was very suitable.
from A Fun Shopping Day
More clothing vocabulary
Practice clothing
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