shintiyan

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Etymology[edit]

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

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shintiyan (plural shintiyans or shintiyan)

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

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