bint

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 2 Crimean Tatar 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Declension 2.2.2 References 3 Maltese 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

From Arabic بنت, girl or daughter, used to denote a patronym.

The term entered the British lexicon during the occupation of Egypt at the end of the nineteenth century and stems, adopted by British soldiers to mean 'girlfriend' or 'bit-on-the-side'. It is used as a derogatory slang word in the United Kingdom meaning woman or girl. Usage varies from the harsh 'bitch', to only a slightly derogatory, almost affectionate, term for a young woman. The latter being associated more with usage in the West Midlands. The term was used in British armed forces and the London area synonymously with (the slang meaning of) 'bird' (sometimes 'brass') from at least the 1950s. The term was also famously used in the classic film, Monty Python and the Holy Grail in a reference to the Lady of the Lake as a "moistened bint".

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• enPR: bĭnt, IPA: [bɪnt]

  Rhymes: -ɪnt

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bint (plural bints)

1. (British, pejorative) A woman, a girl.

   Tell that bint to get herself in here now!

   If I went around saying I was an emperor because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me they'd put me away!

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[edit] Crimean Tatar

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German Binde.

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bint

1. bind, bandage

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• Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [1]

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[edit] Maltese

[edit] Etymology

From Arabic بنت.

[edit] Noun

bint

1. daughter