شنطة

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish چانطه (çanta, “leather bag, small suitcase”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃɑntˤɑ]

Noun

شنطة • (šanṭa) f (plural شنط (šunaṭ))

1. bag
2. briefcase
3. suitcase
4. trunk or boot of a car

Derived terms

• شنطة يد
• شنطة ايد

References

• Hinds, Martin, Badawi, El-Said (1986) A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic, Beirut: Librairie du Liban
• Spiro, Socrates (1895) An Arabic-English vocabulary of the colloquial Arabic of Egypt, containing the vernacular idioms and expressions, slang phrases, etc., etc., used by the native Egyptians, Cairo: Al-Mokattam Printing Office
• Vollers, Karl (1897) “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎^[1] (in German), volume 51, page 308

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish چانطه (çanta, “leather bag, small suitcase”), from Persian تنچه (tanče).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃan.tˤa/

Noun

شنطة • (šanṭa) f (plural شنط (šinaṭ))

1. bag
2. briefcase, backpack, etc.
3. suitcase

Moroccan Arabic

Alternative forms

• شانطة (šānṭa)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish چانطه (çanta, “leather bag, small suitcase”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃan.tˤa/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

شنطة • (šanṭa) f (plural شناطي (šnāṭi) or شنطات (šanṭāt))

1. bag
2. backpack

South Levantine Arabic

Alternative forms

• شنتة (šante)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish چانطه (çanta, “leather bag, small suitcase”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃan.tˤa/, [ˈʃɑn.tˤɑ]

• Audio (Ramallah):

  (file)

Noun

شنطة • (šanṭa) f (plural شنطات (šanṭāt) or شناطي (šanāṭi) or شنط (šunaṭ))

1. suitcase
2. bag
3. satchel, schoolbag

See also

• كيس (kīs, “bag, sack”)