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Egyptian Arabic
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish چانطه (çanta, “leather bag, small suitcase”).
Pronunciation
Noun
شنطة • (šanṭa) f (plural شنط (šunaṭ))
- bag
- briefcase
- suitcase
- trunk or boot of a car
Derived terms
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 (in German), volume 51, page 308
Hijazi Arabic
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish چانطه (çanta, “leather bag, small suitcase”), from Persian تنچه (tanče).
Pronunciation
Noun
شنطة • (šanṭa) f (plural شنط (šinaṭ))
- bag
- briefcase, backpack, etc.
- suitcase
Derived terms
Moroccan Arabic
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish چانطه (çanta, “leather bag, small suitcase”).
Pronunciation
Noun
شنطة • (šanṭa) f (plural شناطي (šnāṭi) or شنطات (šanṭāt))
- bag
- backpack
South Levantine Arabic
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish چانطه (çanta, “leather bag, small suitcase”).
Pronunciation
Noun
شنطة • (šanṭa) f (plural شنطات (šanṭāt) or شناطي (šanāṭi) or شنط (šunaṭ))
- suitcase
- bag
- satchel, schoolbag
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