shamiana

English

From Urdu شامیانہ‎ (śāmiyānā), from Persian ‎ (šâmiyâne, “(India) a marquee”).

shamiana (plural shamianas)

(India) A large, ornate tent or pavilion; a marquee.
- 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 155:
  It was the rainy season and we had put up a big shamiana around the open-air pit to accommodate everyone.
- 2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin 2017, p. 87:
  At a time when free expression in India is under pressure from many directions […] the podiums and shamiana tents of the Jaipur festival have become pop-up shops for thinkers with contrarian positions.

单词	shamiana
释义	shamiana English Alternative forms shamiyanah Etymology From Urdu شامیانہ‎ (śāmiyānā), from Persian ‎ (šâmiyâne, “(India) a marquee”). Noun shamiana (plural shamianas) (India) A large, ornate tent or pavilion; a marquee. 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 155: It was the rainy season and we had put up a big shamiana around the open-air pit to accommodate everyone. 2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin 2017, p. 87: At a time when free expression in India is under pressure from many directions […] the podiums and shamiana tents of the Jaipur festival have become pop-up shops for thinkers with contrarian positions.
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