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sitty

sitty noun: grandmother (in Arabic contexts).

Noun

sitty

  1. (capitalized, usually) Grandmother (in Arabic contexts).
    • ... Sitty Halima seemed to grow stronger. Despite being in constant pain, she was determined that Hanady and I should enjoy what would turn out to be our last summer in her company. I learned from my aunt that in fact, Sitty Halima did not[…]2021 March 2, Linda Sarsour, We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders: A Memoir of Love and Resistance, 37 Ink, →ISBN, page 53
    • After Israel banned Representative Rashida Tlaib from visiting her sitty (grandmother) in the West Bank in 2019, #MyPalestinianSitty trended on social media as Palestinians shared stories honoring their fierce grandmothers.2021 October 23, Esther Farmer, Rosalind Pollack Petchesky, Sarah Sills, A Land With a People: Palestinians and Jews Confront Zionism, NYU Press, →ISBN, page 184

Origin of sitty

Borrowed from South Levantine Arabic ستّ or a related term.

Questions about sitty

What does sitty mean?
Sitty means grandmother (in Arabic contexts).
What part of speech is sitty?
Sitty is a noun.

Words near sitty in the dictionary

  1. Sittow
  2. Sittows
  3. sittringies
  4. sittringy
  5. Sittwe
  6. sitty
  7. sittywation
  8. sittywations
  9. situ
  10. situal
  11. situash

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