shintiyan

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noun

A kind of wide loose drawers or trousers worn by women in Muslim countries.

OriginArabic شِنْتِيَان ← Coptic ϣⲉⲛⲧⲱ →
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Meanings

nounshintiyan (plural shintiyans or shintiyan)

plural shintiyans · alternative shintyan

  1. A kind of wide loose drawers or trousers worn by women in Muslim countries.

Origin

  1. Copticϣⲉⲛⲧⲱ
  2. Arabicشِنْتِيَان
  3. Englishshintiyan

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

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APA

shintiyan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shintiyan

MLA

“shintiyan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shintiyan. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shintiyan,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shintiyan.

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