shintiyan

English

Alternative forms

• shintyan

Etymology

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

Noun

shintiyan (plural shintiyans or shintiyan)

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

References

• Coptic Encyclopaedia