شنطة

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃɑntˤɑ]

Noun

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^[1] (in German), volume 51, page 308

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Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃantˤa/

Noun

شَنْطَة • (šanṭa) f (plural شِنَط ‎(šinaṭ))

1. bag
2. briefcase, backpack, etc.
3. suitcase