shamiana

noun

1. A large, ornate tent or pavilion; a marquee.

   It was the rainy season and we had put up a big shamiana around the open-air pit to accommodate everyone.

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Bengali শামিয়ানা (śamiẏana) and Hindustani (Hindi शामियाना (śāmiyānā) / Urdu شامیانہ (śāmiyāna)), from Classical Persian شامیانه (šāmiyāna, “(India) a marquee”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry shamiana (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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