تينة

Synchronically singulative noun composed of تِين (tīn, “fig”) +‎ ـَة (-a).

• IPA^(key): /tiː.na/

تِينَة • (tīna) f (singulative, collective تِين m (tīn))

1. fig (fruit)
2. fig tree

• Libyan Arabic: تينة (tīna)
• Maltese: tina
• Moroccan Arabic: تينة (tīna)
• → Middle Chinese: 底檷 (MC tejX nejX), 底珍 (MC tejX trin)

From Arabic تِينة (tīna, “fig”). Compare semantically German Pflaume (literally “plum”). These uses are based partly on the sexual desirability, but also on a certain outward resemblence (e.g. when the fruit is halved).

• IPA^(key): /tiːna/

تينة (tīna) f (plural تواني (twāni))

1. (vulgar) buttocks

From Arabic تِينة (tīna, “fig”). Compare semantically German Pflaume (literally “plum”). These uses are based partly on the sexual desirability, but also on a certain outward resemblence (e.g. when the fruit is halved).

• IPA^(key): /tiː.na/

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تينة • (tīna) f

1. (vulgar) vagina

• كرموس (karmūs, “fig”)