satijn

From Middle Dutch satijn, from Middle French satin, ultimately from Arabic زَيْتُون (zaytūn) (perhaps via Old Spanish), the Arabic name for the Chinese city of Quanzhou.

• IPA^(key): /saːˈtɛi̯n/

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• Hyphenation: sa‧tijn
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯n

satijn n (uncountable)

1. satin

   Synonym: glanszijde

• satijnen

• Afrikaans: satyn
• Negerhollands: satien
• → Papiamentu: satijn (dated)
• → West Frisian: satyn