مانتو
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Persian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Originating in its current usage in the 1970s - though the word itself a borrowing or double etymology from French manteau, originating in the Qajar period.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mɒːn̪.t̪ʰó]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Iranian reading? | mânto |
Noun[edit]
مانتو • (mânto)
- coat
- (Iran) A long, loose-fitting coat worn by Iranian Muslim women based off the trenchcoat, originally worn with a square Arabic-style hijab and in plain colours such as beige, black, pale blue or cream, originating in the 1970s as a political statement by young, educated women, especially students, many devoted to leftist or modern Islamist ideals, though in the decades following the Iranian Revolution has come to be worn as a tighter-fitting garment with a looser scarf by younger Iranian women as a way of compromising with the country’s mandatory hijab laws while remaining fashionable.