Etymology

shintiyan

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Today it means: A kind of wide loose drawers or trousers worn by women in Muslim countries. Full definition →

Arabic شِنْتِيَان ← Coptic ϣⲉⲛⲧⲱ
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  1. Coptic · derived fromϣⲉⲛⲧⲱ
  2. Arabic · borrowed fromشِنْتِيَان
  3. English todayshintiyan

Borrowed from Arabic شِنْتِيَان (šintiyān) which is itself from Coptic ϣⲉⲛⲧⲱ (šentō).

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