شنطة

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چانطه (çanta, leather bag, small suitcase) (modern Turkish çanta), from Persian چنته (čante).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃɑntˁɑ]

Noun

شَنْطَة (šanṭa) f (plural شُنَط (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 (in German), volume 51, page 308

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چانطه (çanta, leather bag, small suitcase) (modern Turkish çanta), from Persian چنته (čante).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃantˁa/

Noun

شَنْطَة • (šanṭa) f

(plural شِنَط ‎(šinaṭ))
  1. bag
  2. briefcase, backpack, etc.
  3. suitcase
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