noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

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

Synonyms

All synonyms

dungareespants

Etymology

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

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